Pichones Borrachos (Drunken Pigeons)

Ingredients

• pigeons
• very red tomatos
• a good slice of bread
• a handful of almonds
• a pint of claret
• the broth in which the pigeons were cooked
• a handful of raisins
• pieces of citron
• ripe olives
• sugar
• cinnamon
• pepper
• clove

Method

1. 1

   Stew pigeons until nearly done.

2. 2

   Toast tomatoes, remove skins, fry with bread and almonds.

3. 3

   Fry parsley and garlic separately, then add claret, broth, raisins, citron, olives, sugar, cinnamon, pepper, and clove.

4. 4

   Cook pigeons in this broth until done.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Landmarks club cook book (1903) by The Landmarks club, Los Angeles, Calif., page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PICHONES BORRACHOS. (“Drunken Pigeons”) : Stew your pigeons till nearly done. Toast a number of very red tomatos, remove the skins, and put them to fry with a good slice of bread (broken up) and a handful of almonds. Fry separately a little ground parsley (and a bit of garlic if desired), and add a pint of claret, all the broth in which the pigeons were cooked, a handful of raisins, a few pieces of citron, some ripe olives, a little sugar, cinna- mon, pepper and clove. Put the pigeons into this broth and let them cook a few minutes until done. GALLORIA. (Fried Bananas) : Ripe bananas, cut lengthwise, fried in butter or olive oil. They may also be dipped first in a batter of beaten egg. In Michoacan there is a great business in dried bananas, which are also delicious when fried. POLLOS DE LA BELLA MULATA. (Chickens a la the Beautiful Mulatto) : For four small chick- ens, brown in lard half a pound of fresh pork, quarter of a pound of almonds, a piece of bread, four ripe tomatos. Grind all in a mortar or metate. Fry onions chopped fine, with a SPANISH-AMERICAN COOKERY. 7 little parsley (a bit of garlic if desired). Add the other ingre- dients and fry all together. Add the chickens, with the broth in which they have been fully cooked, with pepper, salt, ground clove and cinnamon

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