This section is from the book "The People's Cook Book", by Jennie Taylor. See also: Larousse Gastronomique.
Fry out in the pot you make the curry three large rashers of pickled pork and three onions sliced; fry until the onions are brown; cut the chicken into small pieces, and slice three potatoes thin; add them to the pork and onions, cover well with water, cook until the chicken is done and the potatoes have thickened the water; salt to taste. Put two tablespoonfuls of curry powder in a tumbler, and mix with water; slice two or three more potatoes very thin; add the potatoes and mixed powder to the stew, and boil until the potatoes are cooked but not broken; serve with rice; the above is for one extra large chicken or two small ones. Green peas and corn are a valuable addition.
Season and stew a chicken in a quart of water until very tender; take it out on a hot dish, and keep it warm; then put into the liquor a lump of butter the size of an egg; mis a little flour and water smooth, and make thick gravy; season well with pepper and salt, and let it come to a boil. Have ready a quart of oysters, picked over, and put them in without any liquor; stir them round, and as soon as they are cooked pour all over the chicken.
Stew chicken till tender, season with one-quarter of a pound of butter, salt, and pepper; line the sides of a pie-dish with a rich crust, pour in the stewed chicken, and cover loosely with a crust, first cutting a hole in the center. Have ready a can of oysters, heat the liquor, thicken with a little flour and water, and season with salt, pepper, and butter the size of an egg; when it comes to a boil pour it over the oysters, and about twenty minutes before the pie is done lift the top crust and put them in.
Joint young, tender chickens; if old, put in a stew-pan with a little water and simmer gently till tender; season with salt and pepper, dip into flour, and fry in hot lard and butter until nicely browned. Lay on a hot platter and take the liquor in which the chicken was stewed, turn into the frying-pan with the browned gravy, stir in a little flour; when it has boiled stir in a teacup of rich, sweet cream, and pour over the chicken.
Boil three chickens until the meat comes off the bones, then removing all bones, etc., chop, not very fine; add a piece of butter as large as an egg, salt and pepper to season well. Have about a pint of the broth, into which put one-half box gelatine until dissolved; then put back the chopped chicken and cook until the broth is evenly absorbed. Press under a weight in a pan until cold.
Boil a chicken in as little water as possible, until the meat falls from the bones; chop rather fine, and season with pepper and salt; put in a mold a layer of the chopped meat and then a layer of hard-boiled eggs cut in slices; then layers of meat and egg alternately until the mold is nearly fall; boil down the liquor left in the pot one-half; while warm, add one-quarter of an ounce of gelatine, and when dissolved pour into the mould over the meat. Set in a cool place over night to jelly.
 
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