To Roast a Pig

Ingredients

• Thoroughly clean the pig
• rub the inside with a mixture of salt and pepper
• rub the inside with a mixture of salt and pepper
• spread butter on to half its thickness
• pour enough hot water over the bread to make it moist

Method

1. 1

   Rinse the pig in cold water, wipe it dry, and rub the inside with salt and pepper.

2. 2

   Make stuffing with buttered bread, season, and fill the pig.

3. 3

   Roast it at a distance from the fire, basting as it cooks.

4. 4

   When done, serve with gravy made from the heart and liver.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Roast a Pig. — Thoroughly clean the pig; then rinse it in cold water, wipe it dry; then rub the inside with a mixture of salt and pepper, and, if liked, a little pounded and sifted sage; make a stuffing thus: cut Some wheat bread in slices half an inch thick, spread butter on to half its thickness, sprinkled with pepper and salt, and, if liked, a little pounded sage and minced onion; pour enough hot water over the bread to make it moist

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