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Fried Chicken
From The galley guide, 1923
The oven should be hot and the frying pan placed on the upper shelf.
Presented as published in 1923. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The galley guide (1923) by Alexander White Moffat, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
1 tablespoon melted butter or bacon fat. When done place pieces on a platter on dry toast and pour over them a sauce made as fol¬ lows : Boil the water in which the chicken has been boiled RECIPES 63 over a hot fire until the amount is reduced to ap¬ proximately 2 cups. Skim off the fat on the surface. Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a frying pan, add 4 tablespoons flour, cook until brown, add the 2 cups of chicken water (called stock), mix well and season to taste with salt and pepper. 623 — Fried Chicken. Young chicken instead of fowl is used. It is pre¬ pared the same way for cooking as in Recipe No. 622. The pieces are not boiled, however, but sprinkled with salt and pepper, rolled in flour
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