Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Cayenne | 1 tsp (1.8g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Mace | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- a piece of butter in flour
- a pint of wine to four
- two terrapins will be sufficient
- five terrapins
- salt
- pepper
- mace
- cayenne
Directions
Put well buttered toasted bread around the sides of a deep dish ; put in the oysters ; season with salt, pepper, mace, and butter; strain into it a little of the liquor; strew bread crumbs over it, and bake in a quick oven.
TERRAPINS.
Wash them very well ; then put them into a pot of boiling water ; let them stay till you can easily take off the toe nails and the skin ; take off the bot- tom shell ; be careful in taking out the sand bag
FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK. 25
and the gall ; (the gall is in the liver) cut the ter- rapins up; save all the juice which runs out in cut- ting ; take out the eggs ; put the terrapins down to stew ; season with cayenne pepper, salt ; roll a piece of butter in flour and mix in ; add some wine, and drop in the eggs just before taking them up. The quantity of wine and butter depends very much upon the taste of the cook ; but a quarter of a pound to two terrapins will be sufficient ; and half a pint of wine to four or five terrapins.