A committee of ladies collected the receipts; the editor of the Manual of Domestic Economy arranged them — British cookery and household management, c.1864.

Stuffing for Sucking Pigs

2 pages in this part of The British Cookery Book.

Stuffing for Sucking Pigs (Onion salt white pepper nutmeg)

onion, salt, white pepper, nutmeg, mace, pennyroyal, parsley, and lemon thyme finely shred; beat as many fresh eggs, yolks and whites…

Stuffing for Sucking Pigs (Pig is always stuffed)

339. The pig is always stuffed with some kind of stuffing containing sage, a good receipt for which is, to take a quarter of a pound of…

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