This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Chop up half a raw chicken, wash a tablespoonful of rice in cold water and mix with the chicken. Wash a teaspoonful of pearl barley and add with a quarter of a pint of cold water. Put the whole in a small paper-bag and cook for forty to fifty-five minutes in a slow oven (300 Fahr.).
 
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