Ingredients
- two lengths
- two chickens cut up
Directions
GET one of a good colour, and seven or eight inches in diameter; cut a piece off the top, take out all the seeds, wash and wipe the cavity, pare the rind off, and fill the hollow with good forcemeat — put the top on, and set it in a deep pan, to protect the sides; bake it in a moderate oven, put it carefully in the dish without breaking, and it will look like a handsome mould. Another way of cooking potato pumpkin is to cut it in slices, pare off the rind, and make a puree as directed for turnips.
SWEET POTATO*
TAKE those that are nearly of the same size, that they may be Jone equally—- wash them clean, but do
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not peel them— -boil them till tender, drain the water off, and put them on tin sheets in a stove for a few minutes to dry.
SWEET POTATOS STEWED. WASH and wipe them, and if they be large, cut them in two lengths; put them at the bottom of a stew pan, lay over some slices of boiled ham; and on that, one or two chickens cut up with pepper, salt, and a bundle of herbs; pour in some water, and stew them till done, then take out the herbs, serve the stew in a deep dish — thicken the gravy, and pour over it.