=Turkey à la Bonham.=--Pick out a young hen turkey, plump and delicate
with small bones. Carefully remove all pin feathers and complete the
drawing which may have been imperfectly done by the butcher. Cut off the
neck close to the body which will make the turkey fit in the bag better,
and make a proper appearance when placed on the table. Wash thoroughly
inside and out and wipe dry. For the stuffing make two kinds--one for
the body and one for the breast. It is a good plan to make these
different so as to suit all tastes. For the body, make a chestnut
stuffing. Boil and peel one quart of large chestnuts and mash with a
fork. Season with pepper, salt and a little butter. For the breast, take
a pint of bread crumbs free from crusts. Fry a half onion cut fine in a
very little butter or vegetable oil until tender but not brown. Season
nicely with chopped parsley and thyme, not too much. Salt and pepper and
moisten with one beaten egg. Fill the breast and sew body and breast
neatly, pulling the skin of the breast over the stuffing, and fastening
in place with the wings which should be turned back to hold the skin in
place. Rub the outside of the bird with flour mixed with salt and
pepper, cover the breast with slices of fat salt pork tied on. Now slip
breast down into a thoroughly greased bag or preferably two bags, one
outside the other, the outside one also well-greased. Lay some of the
fat from the turkey or a few strips of bacon over the bag, and put on
the grate, seam up. Slip under the grid on the bottom of the oven a
dripping pan half full of water to keep the bird moist, and prevent any
fat leaking through in case the bag should burst. Be careful not to let
the bag touch the side of the oven. Light both burners of the gas stove
for five minutes to get the oven hot for the start. Turn out one and
roast about an hour and three-quarters for a twelve pound bird. Lift out
carefully, sliding the pancake turner under it to get it out easily and
put it on hot platter.
For the gravy, clean the giblets thoroughly and put to cook with the
neck in water to cover well. Add one onion cut up and cook until tender.
Chop fine and thicken slightly with browned flour or caramel which is
simply sugar browned in a pan with a little boiling water.
=Venison.=--For roasting, the saddle is best. As the meat is naturally
dry, it must be well larded with strips of firm fat pork. Sprinkle with
salt and pepper and rub over with pork drippings. Put in large
well-greased bag, add two glasses of port or claret, seal and bake in
moderate oven. For a roast of three pounds, allow an hour and ten
minutes. For an eight pound roast, two hours and a half. Serve very hot
with red or black currant jelly.
=Venison Steak.=--Prepare in the regular way, place in wooden cookery
dish and season with salt and pepper. Put in bag. Seal and cook an hour
and twenty minutes. The wooden dishes add to the flavor of all game.
CHAPTER X.
BEEF.
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