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Pig's Fry, To Dress

into two precisely equal and similar parts.
into two precisely equal and similar parts.

INGREDI- ENTS for dish for 4 persons.-1 lb. of pig's fry, 2 onions, a few sage-leaves, 3 lbs. of potatoes, pepper and salt to taste. AVERAGE COST, 1s.

Put the lean fry at the bottom of a piedish, sprinkle over it some minced sage and onion, and a seasoning of pepper and salt; slice the potatoes, put a layer of these on the seasoning, then the fat-fry, then more seasoning, and a layer of potatoes at the top. Fill the dish with boiling water, and bake for 2 hours, or rather longer.

TIME. Rather more than 2 hours.

SEASONABLE from September to March.

PIGEON, TO CARVE.

Pig's Liver. (A Savoury and Economical Dish.) - INGREDIENTS for dish for from 6 to 8 persons. The liver and lights of a pig, 6 or 7 slices of bacon, potatoes, 1 large bunch of parsley, 2 onions, 2 sage-leaves, pepper and salt to taste, a little broth or water. AVERAGE COST, 1s. 6d.

Slice the liver and lights, and wash these perfectly clean, and parboil the potatoes; mince the parsley and sage, and chop the onions rather small. Put the meat, potatoes and bacon into a deep tin dish, in alternate layers, with a sprinkling of the herbs, and a seasoning of pepper and salt between them; pour on a little water or broth, and bake in a moderately-heated oven for 2 hours.

TIME.-2 hours.

SEASONABLE from September to March.

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