Roast Turkey

Ingredients

• ten-pound turkey
• one pint of hot water
• a cup of boiling water
• one egg
• two tablespoons butter
• one teaspoon sage
• one pint of oysters

Method

1. 1

   Wipe turkey dry, make dressing of bread crumbs seasoned with salt, pepper, sage, and savory.

2. 2

   Fill turkey, sew up openings, pour hot water in pan, roast in hot oven, basting frequently.

3. 3

   If gravy is not thick enough, add flour and giblets.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 11 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Toronto Cook Book (1915) by Powell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 1853, page 148. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Roast Turkey Take a nice plump ten-pound turkey, wipe it both inside and outside very dry, then make a dressing of chopped bread crumbs; take stale bread and season with salt, pepper, sage and summer savory to taste ; fill the turkey with this then sew up the openings; pour one pint of hot water in the pan, and be careful to add more water as it cooks away, roast in a hot steady oven until the turkey is done, when it should be a nice, crisp golden brown; baste frequently until done. If the gravy in the pan is not thick enough, add flour, and seasoning, if necessary, and the giblets which should be boiled and chopped. 286 The Toronto Cook Book Beefsteak Roll with Tomato Sauce When possible have the third slice of round steak, as it is most suitable for rolling. Make a dressing as for fowl, spread thickly over steak, roll and tie. After browning on all sides cook in salt and boiling water at least two hours, or until nearly tender ; turn a quart of canned tomatoes into the kettle and boil one-half hour longer. Take out meat and set where it will keep hot, strain the contents of kettle, add thickening, let boil a few minutes and pour over meat. A Vermont Boiled Dinner Two pounds fresh pork, one pound salt pork put on to boil; after boiling one hour add parsnips, carrots, turnips, beets, and the last hour, add cabbage, and a half hour later, potatoes. The beets can be boiled separately or baked. A dinner of this kind is perfectly splendid. Johnny Cake served with it is very nice. Roast Turkey (Oyster Dressing) Select a young turkey, twelve to fifteen pounds, draw it nicely and rinse it out with several waters; make a dressing of one quart of chopped bread crumbs (use stale bread), one egg, two tablespoons butter, one teaspoon sage, one pint of oysters, chopped fine, and mix all together; stuff body and breast with dressing, sew up, tie the legs and wings to body, rub it over with butter, salt and pepper, put in dripping pan, pour on a cup of boiling water

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