A Boned Turkey

Ingredients

• 1 large turkey
• 3 stale bread loaves (about 6 pennies worth)
• 1 pound fresh butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 bunch pot herbs (parsley, thyme, and small onions)
• 2 tablespoons sweet marjoram
• 2 tablespoons sweet basil
• 2 nutmegs
• ½ ounce cloves
• ¼ ounce mace
• 1 tablespoon coarse sea salt
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• Skewers, tape, needle, and coarse thread

Directions

1. Grate the stale bread and soak the crusts in water to soften.

2. Break the soaked bread into small pieces and place in a bowl.

3. Cut the butter into the bowl with the bread.

4. Rub the herbs to a powder and add 2 tablespoons each of marjoram and basil.

5. Chop the pot herbs and pound the spices, then mix with salt and pepper.

6. Beat the eggs slightly and combine with the bread mixture.

7. Carefully separate the turkey flesh from the bones, starting at the wings.

8. Loosen the flesh from the breast, back, and thighs without tearing the skin.

9. Pull the turkey by the neck to remove the skeleton intact.

10. Sew up any holes in the skin with needle and thread.

11. Take a handful of the seasoning and stuff the turkey, starting at the wings.