Name: Roast Turkey
Ingredients: 1 young turkey, recently killed; good sweet home-made loaf, about 3 days old; coarse sea salt (formerly 'bay salt'); fresh charcoal

Roast Turkey

Ingredients

1 young turkey, recently killed
good sweet home-made loaf, about 3 days old
coarse sea salt (formerly 'bay salt')
fresh charcoal

Directions

Select a young turkey that has not been stall-fed.
If buying the day before, keep the turkey in a cold place.
Singe off hairs over burning paper and remove pin-feathers with a knife.
Wash the turkey quickly in cold water, rinsing thoroughly inside.
Drain well while preparing the dressing.
If the bread is not stale, cut or tear it open and dry in the oven.

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.