Kestoke Tainted Game, or Any Other Meat, So As to Be Fit for Use
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Prepare the game for cooking.
Wrap the game in a fine linen cloth, sewing it closely to prevent dust or cinders.
Deodorise
Take a fire-shovel full of hot charcoal or live coal and throw it into a bucket of cold water.
Dip the wrapped game into the water and let it soak for five minutes.
Remove the game; it will be free of offensive smells and ready for cooking.
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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What each ingredient does
- Hot charcoal or live coal
- Quenching it in cold water releases steam and gases that the method relies on to draw off odour.
The step that matters
Sealing the cloth closely before soaking. A loosely wrapped cloth lets dust or cinders reach the meat, and the water can carry them onto the surface. A close stitch keeps the linen as the only barrier.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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