This section is from the "The National Cook Book" book, by Marion Harland And Christine Terhune Herrick. Also available from Amazon: National Cook Book
Singe, clean, wipe well, split down the back, and lard the breasts with narrow strips of fat salt pork, drawn through the skin for an inch and out the other side with a larding-needle. Or, if they are decidedly tough, steam for half an hour and lay until cold in a marinade of lemon-juice and oil. Pepper and salt and broil for fifteen minutes. Serve upon squares of toasted bread, or upon oblongs of fried hominy. Butter well before sending to table.
 
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