Put it on in hot water, boil for half an hour; take it out, put in a
pan, gash it across with a sharp knife, in diamond shapes, grease it
with lard and dredge with flour, pepper and a little salt. Peel some
good Irish potatoes, lay them around the pan and set in the stove to
brown, basting frequently. This meat should be cooked done, as it is
not good the least rare. Grate some bread crumbs over it and
serve.--_Mrs. P. W._
TO BARBECUE SHOAT.
Lay the shoat in water till ready for use; if small, it will cook in
an hour. Put in the oven with two spoonfuls of water, a piece of lard,
and dredge with flour. When ready for use, pour in half a teacup of
walnut catsup, and, if not fat, a piece of butter.
SHOAT JOWL.
The upper half of the head is what is generally used for what is
called "The Pig's-head Stew." Another nice dish may be made of the
under jaw or jowl by parboiling until the jaw-bone can be taken out;
always adding pepper and salt just before it is done. When perfectly
tender, score across; pepper and salt again, cover with beaten egg,
then with cracker. Set in a pan with some of the water in which it was
boiled. Put in a hot oven and brown.--_Mrs. S. T._
ROAST PIG.
When roasted whole, a pig should not be under four nor over six weeks
old. In town, the butcher prepares for roasting, but it is well to
know, in the country, how this may be done. As soon as the pig is
killed, throw it into a tub of cold water, to make it tender; as soon
as cold, take it by the hind leg, and plunge into scalding, not
boiling water (as the last cooks the skin so that the hair can with
difficulty be removed), shake it about until the hair can be removed
by the handful. When all that is possible has been taken off in this
way, rub from the tail up to the end of the nose with a coarse cloth.
Take off the hoofs, scrape and wash the ears and nose until perfectly
clean. The nicest way to dress it is to hang it by the hind legs, open
and take out the entrails; wash well with water, with a little soda
dissolved in it; rinse again and again, and leave hanging an hour.
Wrap in a coarse cloth wrung out of cold water and lay on ice or in a
cool cellar until next morning, when, if the weather is warm, it must
be cooked. It should never be used the same day that it is killed.
First prepare the stuffing of the liver, heart and haslets of the pig,
stewed, seasoned, and chopped. Mix with these an equal quantity of
boiled potatoes mashed; add a large spoonful of butter, with some
hard-boiled eggs, parsley and thyme, chopped fine, pepper and salt.
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