Roast Fowl

Ingredients

• a fowl
• a strip of salt pork

Method

1. 1

   Dress, clean, stuff and truss a fowl.

2. 2

   Lay on back on a rack in a roasting pan.

3. 3

   Lay a strip of salt pork on the breast unless the fowl is very fat.

4. 4

   Place in a hot oven until it begins to brown, then lower the temperature and cook slowly until tender.

5. 5

   Baste frequently with the drippings in the pan.

6. 6

   From 3 to 4 hours is required for baking a fowl properly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Roast Fowl Dress, clean, stuff and truss a fowl. Lay on back on a rack in a roasting pan. Lay a strip of salt pork

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