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WILD  TURKEY
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WILD TURKEY

13 ingredients 4 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

619
Calories
43g
Protein
4g
Fat
96g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Venison 100g cooked 158
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Currant 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

  • 2 cups stale bread
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of salt in the pan
  • 2 tablespoons of tioui lo the fat in the pan in which it was roasted
  • 1 tablespoon of currant jelly
  • one liour
  • 59 saddle of venison avipe the venison well
  • ten min- utes at first
  • half done
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • pepper

Directions

1

Make a stuffing from 2 cups stale bread, V^ pound of salt pork, chopped fine, 1 teaspoon salt, i/4 teaspoon pepper; mix well together; stuff the body of the bird ; truss ; place in baking pan ; cover the breast Avith thin slices of fat pork; put i/o cup of water in pan and bake in a quick oven fifteen minutes to every pound ; after one liour, cool the oven slightly; put 1 teaspoon of salt in the pan, and baste with melted butter every ten minutes at first, afterwards with its own gravy. Mrs Rorer,

2

POULTRY AND GAME. 59

3

SADDLE OF VENISON

4

AVipe the venison well with a towel dipped in Avai'm water: lai-d thickly with salt pork; place on a rack in dripi)ing pan and roast in hot oven fifteen minutes to every pound, basting every ten min- utes at first with melted butter and afterwards with its own drip- lyings ; when half done, season with ] teasi)oon salt and a few dashes of black pepper; add 2 tablespoons of tioui lo the fat in the pan in which it was roasted; stir until brown: add 1 pt. good stock; stir constantly until it boils : take from fire : add salt and pepper to taste, and 1 tablespoon of currant jelly and water cress; cover with I'Uttered paper while roasting to prevent juice drying out. The shoulder may be roasted the same way.

By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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