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Fowls, Broiled, and Mush- room Sauce

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wing, it will be found, can be easily with

INGREDIENTS for dish for 5 persons. A large fowl; seasoning to taste, of pepper and salt, 2 handfuls of button mushrooms, 1 slice of lean ham, pint of thickened gravy, 1 teaspoonful of lemon juice, 1/21 teaspoonful of pounded sugar.

AVERAGE COST, 4s. 6d.

Cut the fowl into quarters, roast it until three-parts done, and keep it well basted whilst at the fire. Take the fowl up, broil it for a few minutes over a clear fire, and season it with pepper and salt. Have ready FOWL, BOILED. some mushroom sauce made in the following manner. Put the mushrooms into a stewpan with a small piece of butter, the ham, a seasoning of pepper and salt, and BROILED FOWL. the gravy simmer these gently for 1/24 hour, add the lemon-juice and sugar, dish the fowl, and pour the sauce round them.

TIME. To roast the fowl, 35 minutes; to broil it, 10 to 15 minutes.

SEASONABLE. In full season from May to January.

served on a border of mashed potatoes,
served on a border of mashed potatoes,

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