The Thorough Good Cook
by George Augustus Sala
recipes from 1896

A digital version of a rare antique cookbook originally published in 1896 for those who want to kick it Olde Skool !
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RECIPE

 

20. Chicken a la Gireflot.

  Prepare the bird for roasting ; when on the spit baste
it constantly with butter, into which you have mixed bacon
and shallot, both chopped fine. When the chicken is of
it fine golden colour, put one or two good slices of toast
into the dripping-pan. Dish the bird on the toast, and serve
with all the savoury contents of the dripping-pan.

 
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