Name: Roast Loin of Pork
Ingredients: one teacupful of water in the pan; half done wash; salt; pepper

Roast Loin of Pork

Ingredients

one teacupful of water in the pan
half done wash
salt
pepper

Directions

Wash and wipe the pork, score the skin with a sharp knife and season with salt and pepper. Place in a dripping pan, pour one teacupful of water in the pan and bake in a hot oven, allowing fifteen minutes to the pound. Baste frequently with the drippings in the pan. When about half done wash and wipe either sweet or Irish potatoes of medium size and put in the pan. When cooked, place the meat on a heated platter. Serve with its own gravy and apple sauce. Garnish with celery tops and pickles. — Jane E. Clemmens, Ohio.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.