This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
This can be sent tender to the table if treated as follows: - Clean, truss and stuff according to taste. Put five spoonfuls of dripping or butter upon the breast. Place in the paper-bag. Allow one hour and forty-five minutes to two hours and a half, according to the size of the bird in question, in a moderate oven (300 Fahr.). The old rooster will appear on the table like a spring chicken, more serviceable than has ever been known in the history of cooking.
 
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