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Faggots, Baked

Make a mincemeat of calf's liver, or, if more convenient, pig's liver and fresh fat pork, by chopping very finely one pound and a half of liver with half a pound of fresh fat pork. Season the mince with onion, sage, thyme, salt, and pepper. Steam it over boiling water, and throw off all fat. When cold, add a large cupful of bread-crumbs, and three well-beaten eggs; mix all together thoroughly, flavour with nutmeg, and make up into round balls, which may be baked in a buttered dish with a small quantity of good gravy, or, as is often done, wrapped separately in a piece of pig's caul. Either way they should be of a pale brown, and cooked very slowly. Time: to steam mincemeat, half an hour; to bake, until done a pale brown.