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Potted Reed Birds

Take the butter off the top of the potted birds, throw them, one at a time, into a saucepan of boiling water and leave them for half a minute, then remove and dry them thoroughly both inside and out. When all the birds have thus been treated leave them until quite cold; then season them with salt, pepper and powdered mace, pack them closely in jars and pour clarified butter on the top. When potted birds are sent a long way the odor is often so bad as to be unendurable from the rankness of the butter. If prepared as described above they will be as though freshly potted.