Potted Pigeons

Ingredients

• twelve pigeons
• one-half pound of salt pork
• an onion
• three gills of water
• flour from the dredging-box
• salt
• pepper
• a thickening of browned flour
• butter
• several halves of crackers

Method

1. 1

   To twelve pigeons take one-half pound of salt pork, cut into thin slices, and fry it in the kettle in which you are to pot the birds.

2. 2

   When this is cooked take out the slices and lay in the birds, with an onion chopped fine and three gills of water, cover up very close, and add frequently flour from the dredging-box, and salt and pepper to your taste.

3. 3

   Let them boil for three-quarters of an hour, then add a thickening of browned flour and butter, and lay several halves of crackers in on the birds, to steam and be served with the pork around the dish.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from High-Street cook book (1885) by C.I. Hood & Co. (Lowell, Mass.), Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

butter, pepper, ami salt, .inst before Ben tag, put in a small bit of soda. Sea- sonable tr angusl until < October. Pastor ami Peoplg, The relations between pastor ami peo- ple in the smaller towns and villages, are as a rule much more intimate than in the large cities. Tin- people look to the pai tor for ad\ ice in temporal as well as in spiritual matters, and especiallj in cases of sickness is he Consulted. We ha\e just received letters, given below, in which the advice of a pastor who had himself experienced benefit from Hood's Sarsaparilla, was followed with the most gratifying results: "About a year ago 1 was for a long time a sufferer from a had humor, w hich came out all over my face, head, and neck, producing a burning sensation hard to endure. My neck and the lower part of my face were badly swollen. I had medical treatment, bul in vain. I could get no comfortable sleep, and my appe- tite left me. 1 was growing worse rather than better, when I was advised bj Mi , Stone, our minister's wife, to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. She gave me a bottle, and a very few doses GAVE MB AN wl-l.riTK, and in less than :i week 1 could sleep quietly and saw that I was fast Improv- ing; ami in two weeks tin- humor had entirely disappeared ami l felt that 1 was well. Once or twice since, i have noticed some little indication of a dis- position on the part of my old enemy to return : but a very few doses of the Sarsaparilla were sufficient to drive him Off again. 1 have not yet taken quite two bottles, but I always want a little on hand." I. .u is\ P. bi\. Dilton. N. II. "After suffering many years with kid- ney complaint. I was recommended bj my pastor, BeV. .1. P. Stone, to try H I's Sarsaparilla. I have taken three bottles, and can say that it has done me more good than any thin DWDi C. Cl KKIKK. Daltoii. N. H. HIGH-STBEET COOK BOOK. MEATS. What say you to a piece of beef and mus- tard ? " — Shakesp bah k. 27. Sauce for dame. Chop an onion fine and boil it in milk; when done add the gravy from the bird, and thicken with pounded cracker. 2S. Meat Patties. Line small patty-pans with good put! paste and hake in a quick oven. Chop remnants of chicken or other meat fine, season with salt and pepper, and heat in a little butter sauce. Fill the shells and put them back into the oven till the mix- ture is slightly browned. A little flavor- ing of tomato improves some meats us< d in this way. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla. 29. Lobster Croquettes. Chop the lobster very fine and mix with U pepper, salt, and bread-crumbs, season well with celery-salt, and moisten with melted butter, make into cakes, dip them into beaten egg, then in cracker-crumbs, and fry brown 30. 1'otted Piijeons. To twelve pigeons take one-half pound of salt pork, cut into thin slices, and fry it in the kettle in which you are to pot the birds. When this is cooked take out the slices and lay in the birds, with an onion chopped fine and three gills of water, cover up very close, and add fre- quently flour from the dredging-box, and salt and pepper to your taste. Let them boil for three-quarters of an hour, then add a thickening of browned flour and butter, and lay several halves of crackers in on the birds, to steam and be served witli the pork around the dish. It is nice to roll each bird in the brown thickening before putting it into the gravy. A Mood Purifier. " I have used Hood's Sarsaparilla for a blood purifier in my family for several years, and cannot speak too highly of it. it has been very beneficial in cases of cramp and colic, with which we have been troubled in ihis section." J. E. Collins. Bassett House. Piqua, Ohio. A Good No vie at Home. It was from the people of Lowell and vicinity that Hood's Sarsaparilla received its first words of praise and recommen- dation. Their good words led many others to use it, with uniform excellent results, and thus the knowledge of its curative power has become very widely extended. We are pleased to state that the popularity of Hood's Sarsaparilla lias continued undiminished in our own home, and is now, as it has been for years, the leading and most successful medicine for purifying the blood ami toning and strengthening the system. It would require a volume to contain all the praise Lowell people have given Hood's Sarsaparilla. Headache — Stomach Disorder. Mr. C. W. Marriott is the well-known First Assistant Fire Engineer of Lowell, having been in the Fire Department .31 years -longer than any other man. He fully endorses his wife's statement, which follows : "Forfully sixteen years l was troubled with a disorder of the stomach and severe sick headache, which nothing seemed to relieve though 1 consulted physicians and have expended over a thousand dollars for prescriptions and advice. I was strongly urged to try Hood's Sarsapa- rilla, but refused for a long time. I bought two or three bottles, but gave them away without giving the medicine a fair trial myself. Finally, I determined to give it a fair trial and am glad I did so. 1 had become all run down, suffered from NERVOUS PROSTRATION, and had the very severe attacks of headache every fortnight or oftener. a! Which times I was obliged to take to my bed. and being unable to endure any noise, could simply sutler patiently till the attack was over. It always ended in vomiting spells. Physicians seemed to think there was no help for me. and said there was nothing to build from. Soon alter I began to use the Sarsaparilla steadily, my attacks of headache became less and less frequent until they ceased altogether and I have not had the head- ache now for six months. My appetite HOOD'S 8A USA /'.I /.'//. LA. lias also greatly Improved and the ner vousness has decreased. My stomach Is siiii somewhat troublesome al times, bul the headache has entirely gone, l can eal almost anything. When I fust look the Barsaparllla a humor came ou1 on my skin which caused some apprehension, and 1 erased taking the nieilieino for a few weeks, hut resumed, as i believed 11 to be doing me good, and with the excel- lent results stated, i cheerfully recom- mend Hood's Barsaparllla to any who may be troubled with sick headache or disorder of the stomach." Mrs. C. W. m \i;i;i.>ri. 393 Middlesex Street, Lowell. 31* Potted Pigeons

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