This section is from the book "The Professed Cook: Or, The Modern Art Of Cookery, Pastry, And Confectionary", by B. Clermont. Also available from Amazon: The professed cook.
Cut one or two Chickens as for Fricassee, and put the pieces into warm Water as you cut them; then drain the Water off, put them for about two: hours in a Marinate made of Water and Vinegar, Pep-per and Salt, sprigs of Parsley, whole Shallots, slices of Onions, Lemon, Thyme, Laurel, and Cloves; keep the Marinate on hot ashes, to give it more taste, then wipe the Chickens quite clean with a Linen Cloth; dip each piece in Whites of Eggs, flour them over, and fry them in Oil or Hog's Lard briskly, to give them a good Colour, and serve with fried Parsley.
Poulets a la Sainte Menehoult, Chickens broiled.
Truss one or two Chickens as for boiling, cut them in halves, and flatten them with the handle of a knife; lard them with half Ham and half Lard, and boil them on a slow fire, in a St. Menehoult, which is done by putting a spoonful of Flour into a Stew-pan, with Milk sufficient to boil the Chickens, Salt and Pepper, chopped Parsley, Shallots, Thyme, Laurel, Coriander, bits of Roots, slices of Onions, and a bit of Butter: When this boils, put in the Chickens; and when done, take them out, roll them in Bread Crumbs, and broil them, or give them colour in the oven, or with a Brazing-pan cover: Serve with Sauce a la Nivernoise, (see Sauce Articles) or with any other relishing Sauce, as you shall think proper.
Bone two or three middling Chickens thoroughly, and stuff them with a Farce made of fat. Livers, scraped Lard, two Yolks of Eggs, Pepper, Salt, and one Shallot chopped very fine; few them up to hinder the Farce from getting out, and give them a few turns in a Stew-pan with Butter; wipe them, and lard like Fricandeau; braze them in good Broth, with a slice of Ham, a Faggot, a little Basil, two Cloves, and half a clove of Garlick: When done, take them out, sift the Sauce, and reduce it to a Glaze, to put over the larded part: Serve with a Spanish Sauce. See the Sauce Articles.
Poulets an Verd-Pr'e. Chickens with a Meadow-green Sauce, Make a Farce with the Livers, scraped Lard, chopped Parsley, green Shallots, Pepper and Salt; stuff the Chickens with it, wrap them in slices of Lard and Paper, and roast them: Serve with the above Sauce, which you will find in the Sauce Articles.
Cut the Breast Bones out of two fat Chickens, and separate the Skin from the Flesh without breaking it; stuff them between, with Crawfish Butter, a little Pepper, Salt, two leaves of Basil, and one clove of Shallots finely chopped; few up the Skin very well, and give them a few turns in a Stew-pan over the fire with Butter; then wrap them up in slices of Bacon and Paper to roast: Make a Sauce with good Jelly Broth, and half a glass of white Wine, or a Lemon Squeeze: When ready, add a bit of Craw-fish Butter, and serve upon the Chickens.
 
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