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Lesson Eighth. Pig's Fry.1 |
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This section is from the book "Lessons In Cookery", by Thomas K. Chambers. Also available from Amazon: Lessons In Cookery.
Ingredients. - One pound of pig's fry. Two and a half pounds of potatoes. One onion. Sage and seasoning.
Time required, about an hour and a quarter.
To cook Pig's Fry-"Poor Man's Goose ";
1. Take two and a half pounds of potatoes and put them in a basin of cold water.
2. Take a scrubbing-brush and wash the potatoes well.
3. Put the potatoes into a saucepan of cold water.
4. Put the saucepan on the fire to boil.
5. As soon as it boils, take the potatoes out of the water (N".B.-This is called "parboiling" potatoes), peel them, and cut them in slices with a sharp knife.
6. Take one onion and peel it.
7. Take two or three sage-leaves and put them on a board.
8. Chop up the onion and sage together on the board with a sharp knife.
9. Take one pound of pig's fry and cut it in small pieces.
10. Take a quart pie-dish and grease the dish with dripping or fat.
11. Put a layer of sliced potatoes in the bottom of the pie-dish.
1 Pig's Fry is composed of the heart, liver, lights, and sweet-bread. 5
12. Sprinkle a little of the chopped sage and onion, pepper and salt, over the potatoes.
13. Now put in a layer of the pig's fry.
14. Sprinkle a little of the chopped sage and onion, pepper and salt, over the pig's fry.
15. Now add another layer of sliced potatoes, and sprinkle them with a little of the chopped sage and onion, pepper and salt.
16. Put in another layer of pig's fry, and sprinkle the remainder of the chopped sage and onion, and a little pepper and salt, on the top.
17. Cover these layers with the rest of the sliced potatoes.
18. Now fill up the pie-dish with water for gravy.
19. Take the shin usually sent with the pig's fry and put it over the top of the pie-dish.
20. If the shin is not sent, take a piece of whity-brown paper, and grease it with some dripping or fat, and put that over the pie-dish instead.
21. Put the pie-dish into a moderate oven, to bake for from three-quarters of an hour to one hour.
 
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