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A Kid

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Ensure the kid is well-fed and in prime condition.

  2. Remove the insides and wash the kid thoroughly.

  3. Rub the inside with pepper and hang it in a cool, dry place.

  4. Soak the kid in cold water for 4-5 hours, changing the water 2-3 times.

  5. Dry the kid with a clean cloth and truss it.

  6. Prepare the stuffing and fill the belly, sewing it up tightly.

  7. Cut the neck skin to let the blood out, then spit the kid and baste it with drippings.

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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