This section is from the "The National Cook Book" book, by Marion Harland And Christine Terhune Herrick. Also available from Amazon: National Cook Book
Wash well and wipe dry. Cover the bottom of your baking-pan with thin slices of salt pork, and these with a carrot minced small, also a sliced onion and turnip and a tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Lay the liver upon this ; dredge with salt and pepper; pour in two cups of boiling water; cover closely and cook two hours, for the last twenty minutes uncovered to brown.
Keep the liver hot in a covered platter, rub the gravy and vegetables through a colander, thicken, if necessary, boil up sharply, add the juice of half a lemon and a teaspoonful of tomato sauce, and pour over the liver.
 
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