To Barbecue a Pig

Name: To Barbecue a Pig
Ingredients: a pig of ten weeks old; the liver; two anchovies; sage leaves; four ounces of butter; a half pint of red wine; three bottles or more of red wine

From Joe Tilden's recipes for epicures, 1907

A traditional recipe.

Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Joe Tilden's recipes for epicures (1907) by Joe Tilden, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Barbecue a Pig (very old dish) Dress a pig of ten weeks old as if to roast. Make a stuffing of the liver, two anchovies, and sage leaves all chopped small; bread crumbs, four ounces of butter, salt, cayenne and a half pint of red wine. Stuff and sew the pig up. Roast at an open fire. Put in the dripping pan three bottles or more of red wine

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