Roast Turkey

Ingredients

• Wash the fowl inside and out
• Rub inside of turkey with salt
• Add enough hot water to keep from sticking
• Cook from 3 to 5 hours, according to the size of turkey

Method

1. 1

   Wash the fowl inside and out.

2. 2

   Wipe dry.

3. 3

   Plunge into boiling water a few minutes.

4. 4

   Rub inside of turkey with salt.

5. 5

   Stuff turkey with dressing, place in double roasting pan.

6. 6

   Add enough hot water to keep from sticking.

7. 7

   Place in hot oven, baste and turn until every part is tender and a nice brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Wilson cook book (1941) by Woman's Society of Christian Service (Wilson, Wilson County, N.C.), page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Roast Turkey Wash the fowl inside and out. Wipe dry. Plunge into boiling water a few minutes. Rub inside of turkey with salt. Stuff turkey with dress- ing, place in double roasting pan. Add enough hot water to keep from sticking. Place in hot oven, baste and turn until every part is tender and a nice brown. Cook from 3 to 5 hours, according to the size of turkey

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