Birds Potted Recipe

"It tastes of the _bird_, however," said the old woman, "and she

cooked the _rail of the fence_ on which the crow had been sitting."

When birds have come a great way, they often smell so bad that they can

scarcely be borne from the rankness of the butter, by managing them in

the following manner, they may be as good as ever. Set a large saucepan

of clean water on the fire, when it boils take off the butter at the

top, then take the fowls out one by one, throw them in the saucepan of

water half a minute, whip it out, and dry it in a cloth inside and out,

continue till they are all done; scald the pot clean, when the birds are

quite cold, season them with mace, pepper, and salt according to taste,

put them down close in a pot, and pour clarified butter over them.