Roast Chicken
From Simple cooking of wholesome food for the farm home, 1913
Presented as published in 1913. 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 Simple cooking of wholesome food for the farm home (1913) by Jessie Pinning Rich, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Roast Chicken. — Dress, clean and stuff chicken. Place on its back on rack in a dripping pan, rub entire surface with salt, and spread breast and legs with three tablespoons butter, rubbed until creamy and mixed with two tablespoons flour. Dredge bottom of pan with flour. Place in a hot oven, and when flour is well browned, reduce the heat, then baste. Continue basting every ten minutes until chicken is cooked. For basting, use one-fourth cup butter, melted in two-thirds cup boiling water, and after this is gone, use fat in pan, and when necessary to Simple Cooking of Wholesome Food for the Farm Home 13 prevent flour burning, add one cup boiling water
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