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Medium
30 min
By Eliza Acton
Published 1845
[In season from the first of September to the second of February, and as long as they can be preserved fit for table from that time.]
Let the birds hang as long as they can possibly be kept without becoming offensive; pick them carefully, draw, and singe them; wipe the insides thoroughly with a clean cloth; truss them with the head turned under the wing and the legs drawn close together, not crossed. Flour them when first laid to the fire, and baste them plentifull