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Roast Meats

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Roast Meats

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the meat and dry it thoroughly before roasting.

  2. As the fat begins to fall, place a clean dish underneath and baste with the drippings.

  3. Do not sprinkle salt on the meat until it is nearly cooked to avoid excess gravy.

  4. Preserve the drippings by pouring them into boiling water and let cool.

  5. When cooled, the drippings will harden and impurities will settle at the bottom.

  6. If the meat cannot be served immediately, keep it warm by placing it on a dish over boiling water, covering it with a dish and a cloth.

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.

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