Poor Man’s Goose

Ingredients

• 1 lb. calf’s or sheep’s fiver.
• lb. bacon.
• 6 or 8 potatoes.
• 1 cupful stock or water.
• 1 table-sp. flour.
• 2 large onions.
• 2 tea-sps. powdered sage
• Pepper and salt.
• A little dripping.

Method

1. 1

   Wash the liver, dry it, cut it in slices about 0.5 inch in thickness, and dip the pieces in flour.

2. 2

   Prepare the onions and potatoes, and cut them both in thin slices.

3. 3

   Cut the bacon in small pieces and powder the sage.

4. 4

   Grease a pie-dish and put in the different ingredients in layers, seasoning with pepper, salt, and sage.

5. 5

   Make the last layer a good covering of potatoes.

6. 6

   Pour in the stock or water, and put some dripping in small pieces on the top.

7. 7

   Bake in a moderate oven until thoroughly cooked.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 385. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Poor Man’s Goose 1 lb. calf’s or sheep’s fiver. \ lb. bacon. 6 or 8 potatoes. 1 cupful stock or water. 1 table-sp. flour. 2 large onions. 2 tea-sps. powdered sage Pepper and salt. A little dripping.

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