Roast Turkey

Ingredients

• Turkey
• seasoning
• bread-crumbs
• quarter of a pound of butter
• a little thyme

Method

1. 1

   Choose a nice fat turkey of eight or ten pounds, clean and singe it, wipe carefully with a damp towel but do not wash in water, and fill with dressing which has been prepared as follows: Grate enough dry bread to fill it loosely, add your butter cut into small pieces, pepper and salt to taste, and about two tablespoons of thyme rubbed fine; mix all these well together and your dressing is ready for use.

2. 2

   Stuff your turkey, tie it well in shape; either lard the top or lay slices of bacon over it; wet the skin, and sprinkle it well with pepper, salt, and flour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Home dissertations (1891) by Tilton, E. Stevens Mrs., page 92. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ROAST TURKEY. Turkey, seasoning, bread-crumbs, quarter of a pound of butter, a little thym<

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