To Roast a Turkey

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      1 hr 30

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By Eliza Acton

Published 1845

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Method

In very cold weather a turkey is its feathers will hang (in an airy larder) quite a fortnight with advantage; and, however fine a quality of bird it may be, unless sufficiently long kept, it will prove not worth the dressing, though it should always be perfectly sweet when prepared for table. Pluck, draw, and singe it with exc