Wild Turkey

Ingredients

• If the turkey is old, or tough, it must be boiled one hour before being stuffed for baking.
• stuff it with oysters
• stuff it with oysters, bread and butter
• season with pepper and salt
• season with pepper and salt
• Make the gravy by putting in the pan a pint of oysters, or button mushrooms
• throw in a cup of cream, or milk

Method

1. 1

   Boil the turkey for one hour if it is old or tough.

2. 2

   Stuff it with oysters, bread and butter, and season with pepper and salt.

3. 3

   Baste with butter and the juice of the turkey.

4. 4

   For gravy, add oysters or mushrooms and cream or milk, and serve hot with the turkey.

As published

This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WILD TURKEY. If the turkey is old, or tough, it must be boiled one hour bef ore being stuflfed for baking. Then stuff it with oysters, bread and butter, and season with pepper and sait ; baste with butter, and the juice of the turkey. Make the gravy by putting in the pan a pint of oysters, or button mushrooms, throw in a cup of cream, or milk

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