Scrapie

Ingredients

• 1 pound of calf's liver
• 2 quarts of hot water
• Season well with salt
• pepper
• sage
• sweet marjoram
• buckwheat and cornmeal in equal quantities

Method

1. 1

   Boil the calf's liver in a separate pan and discard the water.

2. 2

   Remove bones from the pork and chop liver and pork finely.

3. 3

   Mix well and put in an iron pot with the pork's boiling water.

4. 4

   Add hot water and season with salt, pepper, sage, and sweet marjoram.

5. 5

   Thicken with buckwheat and cornmeal.

6. 6

   Boil for 1 hour, stirring constantly.

7. 7

   Pour into pans about 2 or 3 inches deep, allow to cool, and slice into strips.

8. 8

   Fry for breakfast or supper.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The way to the heart (1905) by Carrie Pickett Moore, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

i pound of calf's liver, and throw away the water in which it has been boiled. The water in which the pork has been boiled can be used in the scrapie. Remove all bones from the pork and chop liver and pork very line. Mix well and put in an iron pot with the water in which the pork was boiled. Add 2 quarts of hot water. Season well with salt and pepper, sage and sweet mar- joram. Thicken as you would mush, using buckwheat and cornmeal in equal quantities

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