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CHICKEN PIE.
Cut up two young chickens, place in hot water enough to cover, boil until
tender; line a four or five quart pan with a rich baking-powder or soda-biscuit
dough quarter of an inch thick, put in part of chicken, season with salt, pepper
and butter, lay in a few thin strips or squares of dough, add the rest of
chicken and season as before; some add five or six fresh eggs or a few new
potatoes in their season; season liquor in which the chickens were boiled with
butter, salt, and pepper, add a part of it to the pie, cover with crust a
quarter of an inch thick, with a hole in the center the size of a tea-cup. Keep
adding the chicken-liquor and hot water if needed, since the fault of most
chicken pies is that they are too dry. There can scarcely be too much gravy.
Bake one hour in a moderate oven, having the heat turned to the bottom, as great
care is necessary to have the bottom crust well baked.
CHICKEN PIE WITH OYSTERS.
Boil the chicken--a year old is best--until tender, line dish with a nice crust,
put in chicken, season with salt, pepper and butter, add the liquor, which
should be about a pint, in which chicken was boiled, cover loosely with a crust
having a slit cut each way in the middle. Drain off liquor from a quart of
oysters, boil, skim, season with butter, pepper, salt and a thickening of flour
and water, add oysters, boil up once and (about twenty minutes before the pie is
done), lift the crust and put them in.
CHICKEN PUDDING.
Dress and cut one chicken into small pieces, put it into a saucepan or kettle
with a little water, season with salt and pepper, let boil until it begins to
grow tender, then take out and put into a three-quart pudding-dish; have ready
one quart green corn grated or cut fine, to which add three eggs beaten light
and one pint sweet milk; season with salt and pepper, and pour this mixture over
the chicken, dredge thickly with flour, lay on bits of butter and bake until
done.--Mrs. A. Wilson, Rye, N. Y.
DRESSING FOR CHICKEN OR BEEF.
Boil potatoes, mash as if for the table except that they should be
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