This section is from the book "The New Cyclopaedia of Domestic Economy, and Practical Housekeeper", by Elizabeth Fries Ellet. Also available from Amazon: The New Cyclopaedia of Domestic Economy, and Practical Housekeeper.
Bone a calf's head whole; after being well scalded and cleaned cut off the ears, take out the tongue, cut the gristle and bones from the tongue; prepare a good forcemeat, add some chopped truffles into it, and some mushrooms; lay the head on a clean cloth on the dresser, spread it thickly over with the forcemeat, blanch and take off the skin of the tongue; cut each ear in half longways, place them in different parts on the forcemeat and the tongue in the middle, lap it over keeping it high in the middle, tie the ends, and brace it all over tightly with some loose ' string, as by doing so it will leave all the marks appearing when glazed like the back shell of turtle, then tie it up in a cloth; it will take some hours to boil; when done, which will be in your second stock, take it up and take off the cloth, put it upon the dish, dry it and glaze it several times; have ready cut from the crumb of bread the form of a turtle's head and the four fins, fry them a nice light brown, and glaze them with the head, placing them to the head on the dish, as to look like a turtle crawling, for the eyes use whites of hard boiled eggs; a sauce you will find among the sauces.
 
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