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POULTRY AND GAME 117

CHICKEN PIE

Boil a fowl until very tender. Add salt after it has been cooking over an hour.
Let stand until grease forms on top. Skim off grease. Pick all chicken off the bones.
Mix grease with flour and thicken gravy. Pour over the chicken in casserole or other
container. Make your own biscuits, add more shortening. Have the chicken boiling
in the gravy and put in biscuits. Bake Y2 hour at 400 degrees.

BARBECUED CHICKEN

2 fryers 8 servings
Cut fryers in half then quarters so each fryer makes 4 pieces. Place quarters
on broiler pan and brush with melted butter. Broil and baste until brown on both sides.
Place in roaster with rack in bottom of pan. Add water to cover bottom of pan to
keep from burning.

Barbecue Sauce

Heat 1 bottle barbecue sauce 2 tablespoons worcestershire
1 cup vinegar sauce

Baste chicken with barbecue sauce and roast for 2 hours. Roast at 300 degrees.

BREAST OF CHICKEN SHERRY

Two breasts of broiling chicken, salted and with a few grains of cayenne pepper
added. Put 1 tablespoon butter in frying pan over a hot fire. When melted and quite
hot and clear add breasts of chicken. When chicken begins to brown turn over and
put lid on pan and place in moderate oven (350 degrees), adding a little more butter
if necessary. Let cook about 25 minutes, then add Y2 cup raw mushrooms diced,
Y cup white grapes cut lengthwise and seeded. Now add 3 tablespoons sherry or
Madeira wine. Cook sauce a little more and add 1 cup of rich cream. Let simmer
5 minutes. Serve on toast. Allow 1 breast per serving and increase sauce accordingly.

TIMETABLE FOR ROASTING TURKEY

Set oven at 325 degrees. Times are for stuffed chilled turkeys and are approx-

imate only.

Ready-to-cook Weight
(before stuffing) Time (Total)

4 to 6 Ibs. 3 to 334 hours
6 to 8 lbs. 334 to 4% hours
8 to 10 Ibs. 4 to 4% hours
10 to 12 Ibs. 4% to 5 hours
12 to 14 Ibs. 5 to 5% hours
14 to 16 Ibs. 51% to 6 hours
16 to 18 Ibs. 6 to 6% hours
18 to 20 Ibs. 6% to 7% hours
20 to 24 Ibs. 7% to 9 hours

(If you use a meat thermometer, it should register 190 degrees to 195 degrees when
turkey is done).

Foil-Wrapped-Turkey Roasting Chart

Set oven at 450 degrees. Times are for unstuffed chilled turkeys and are
approximate only. For stuffed turkey, add 30 to 45 minutes to the total roasting time.

Ready-to-cook Weight

(before stuffing) Time (Total)

8 to 10 Ibs. 24% to 2% hours
10 to 12 Ibs. 234 to 3 hours
14 to 16 Ibs. 3 to 3% hours
18 to 20 Ibs. 34% to 3% hours

22 to 24 Ibs. 3% to 334 hours