To Boil a Turkey

Ingredients

• a turkey
• bread-crumbs
• pepper
• salt
• chopped oysters

Method

1. 1

   Pick, singe, draw and wash the turkey.

2. 2

   Truss it by drawing the legs under the skin and fastening them with tape.

3. 3

   Make a stuffing of bread-crumbs, pepper, and salt, or chopped oysters, and put it where the crop was taken out.

4. 4

   Boil slowly for 2 hours, take off the tape, and serve with oyster, celery, or plain white sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The white ribbon cook book (1894) by Kathryn Armstrong, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Boil a Turkey— Pick, singe, draw and wash it. Truss it by drawing the legs in under the skin; fasten them with a piece of tape round the joints, and tie it round the rump. Make a stuffing of bread-crumbs, pepper and salt, or of chopped oysters, and put it where the crop was taken out. Boil slowly for 2 hours

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