Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes

Christine Terhune Herrick's 1905 subscription set, Books Three and Four complete - soup stock to cheese straws, with the famous chefs of the United States listed on the title page.

Poultry

21 recipes in this part of Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes.

Baked Chicken

Clean and wash the chicken and cover with thin slices of cold boiled ham. Bind the ham on with fine cotton cord, then lay upon the grating…

Fried Chicken

Singe the chicken, divide into pieces, and cut the joints apart. Wash well and dry on a cloth. Dredge with salt, pepper, and flour. Fry 6…

Baked Fried Chicken

Clean and wash young chickens, cut at every joint, and divide the breast into 2 pieces. Lay in salad-oil and lemon juice for half an hour…

Scalloped Chicken

Boil 1 young chicken in salted water until tender. When cold, remove the skin and cut the meat into small pieces. Melt 1 heaping…

Pressed Chicken

Clean as usual; divide the breast and the back into 2 pieces and break apart all of the joints. Put the pieces in a kettle with just enough…

Chicken Terrapin

Chop 1 cold roasted chicken fine. Put 3 tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan with 2 of flour, and when well blended add a cupful of…

Chicken Curry

Clean and cut up the chicken and place it in a saucepan with boiling water, 2 onions, and a bouquet of herbs. Cover, and cook until tender…

Fricasseed Chicken

Clean and wash the chicken, break every joint apart and divide the breast and back in 2 pieces each. Place the pieces in a pot; add a…

Chicken en Casserole

Truss a young, plump chicken as for roasting. Put 2 tablespoonfuls of butter into a frying-pan, and when hot add a bay leaf, a sliced…

A Pilau of Chicken

Wash a broiler or young plump chicken; joint, and lay in a marinade of salad-oil and lemon juice for half an hour. Fry a sliced onion in 3…

Chicken Stuffed with Oysters

Clean and wash the chicken, then fill the body with small oysters which have been dipped in salted and peppered melted butter. Sew up in…

Chicken Timbales

Put a cupful of uncooked white meat through a meat-grinder, then rub to a paste with a wooden spoon. Put a cupful of milk and 1 of bread…

Roast Turkey

Singe and wipe the turkey with a cloth; draw it, preserving the liver and gizzard, but be careful not to break the gall-bag. Wash well…

Bread Stuffing for Turkey

To have good dressing you must have light bread. Slice the bread in thick slices, then put in the oven to dry. Grate with a coarse grater…

Oyster Stuffing

Make a stuffing of bread crumbs, season with parsley, thyme, and onion juice, and moisten with melted butter. Add 2 dozen small chopped…

Chestnut Stuffing

Boil 1 quart of chestnuts, shell and peel them. Mash them smooth, and rub into them 2 tablespoonfuls of soft butter. Season with salt and…

Chicken-and-Rice Pudding

Cut the meat from the remains of a cold fowl, and take half its weight in ham. Free it from skin and gristle, and pound it in a mortar…

Roasted Capon with Cream Stuffing

Truss a capon for roasting. Boil the liver, and mince it as finely as possible. Pour a little cream over 1 cupful of finely grated bread…

Roti de Pauvre Homme

Take a fine pullet or capon, the fattest procurable. Make a force-meat, consisting of some finely chopped sausage meat, raw veal, and lean…

Kuwab Fowl

Put 4 cloves, 1 drachm of pounded ginger, 1 drachm of cayenne, and half an ounce of coriander-seed in a mortar. Pound these until quite…

Indian Burdwan

A very savory and highly approved Indian dish. The joints of a parboiled fowl are generally used for this dish, but if necessary the…

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