Published 1975
Game | Preparation | Potatoes | Other Vegetables | Accompantiments and Sauces |
Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, * Black game | Prepare as for pheasant. Insert a piece of butter inside the bird and follow instructions for pheasant. See times on chart. For grouse and partridge place a piece of buttered bread or toast under each bird when starting to cook. | Game chips, roast or creamed. | Cauliflower, onions, celery, green beans, watercress, brussels sprouts with chestnuts. | Green salad, fried breadcrumbs, bread sauce, thin brown gravy. With pheasant, chipolata sausages or forcemeat balls. |
Wild duck, Widgeon, Teal Pigeon | Prepare as for pheasant. Insert piece of butter. Roast for ¾-1 hour. | Game chips, roast or creamed. | Celery, green peas or beans, orange salad, or watercress. | Cherries stewed without sugar or bottled, thin gravy or orange sauce. |
Snipe, Plover, Woodcock, Ptarmigan | Do not draw before cooking. Place a slice of toast under each bird during cooking to catch the trail. Roast 15–20 minutes | Game chips, roast or creamed. | Orange salad, green salad. | Serve on the pieces of toast with additional thin gravy. |
Roast venison | See separate instructions. | Roast or boiled. | Any green vegetable, carrots, onions, celery. | Clear brown gravy and red-currant jelly, forcemeat balls, |
Roast hare | See separate instructions. Stuff with any good forcemeat. | Baked in jackets or roast. | Carrots, onions, or any green vegetable. | Red-currant jelly, brown gravy, chestnuts, forcemeat balls. |
Roast rabbit | As for hare, but allow 40–45 minutes (p. 192). Sage and onion stuffing. | Boiled or creamed. | Onions, cabbage, cauliflower, beans. | Onion sauce, red-currant jelly. |
Pheasants may well be stuffed with any good mild forcemeat. A chestnut stuffing is good. |
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