Delicate Roast Pig

Ingredients

• Lay a nicely-dressed pig
• rub the inside well with sage
• cayenne
• salt
• dressing made of bread-crumbs
• salt pork chopped fine
• an egg

Method

1. 1

   Soak the pig in cold water overnight.

2. 2

   Change the water in the morning.

3. 3

   Wipe dry, rub inside with sage, cayenne, and salt, and stuff with a mixture of bread-crumbs, chopped salt pork, pepper, marjoram, and egg.

4. 4

   Roast on a spit or in a pan with water and herbs.

5. 5

   Flour until half done, then baste with butter until fully roasted.

6. 6

   Serve with gravy.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Home dissertations (1891) by Tilton, E. Stevens Mrs., page 106. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DELICATE ROAST PIG. Lay a nicely-dressed pig in a tub of cold water all night; in the morning change the water, and let it remain until it is time to roast it ; then wipe it dry, rub the inside well with sage, cayenne and salt mixed, and stuff it with a dressing made of bread-crumbs, salt pork chopped fine, pepper, salt, sweet marjoram, and an egg

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