Olla Podrida

Ingredients

• a chicken or old hen
• a piece of beef
• a piece of bacon
• beans or lentils which have been soaked for twelve hours
• enough water to cover these materials
• lettuces, cabbage, carrots, turnips or kohl rabi, celery, onions, chillies, red sausages and half a salted pig's face which has been soaked for twelve hours

Method

1. 1

   Stew the chicken, beef, and bacon in one jar for four hours.

2. 2

   In another jar, stew the vegetables and pig's face.

3. 3

   Skim both jars, drain the second, and use the first's water as gravy.

4. 4

   Arrange chicken and pig's face in the center with bacon around the vegetables.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery and housekeeping (1882) by Reeve, Henry Mrs., page 99. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

beans or lentils which have been soaked for twelve hours, a chicken or old hen, a piece of beef, a piece of bacon, enough water to cover these materials. Stew four hours. Place in No. 2 lettuces, cabbage, carrots, turnips or kohl rabi, celery, onions, chillies, red sausages and half a salted pig's face which has been soaked for twelve hours

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