Dinner
Squirrel pie
Marion Harland’s original method for Squirrel pie, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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- Clean and joint the squirrels, cutting the backs into three pieces, each.
- Put six slices of fat salt pork into a saucepan, fry three minutes, then put in the squirrels and fry to a light brown in this fat, adding, as the meat begins to yellow, a chopped onion, some chopped parsley and a cupful of mushrooms;
- sprinkle over them two tablespoonfuls of flour;
- add a pint of stock and simmer slowly until the meat is tender, seasoning, at the last, with salt and pepper.
- Boil one minute;
- pour in a gravy formed by stewing, add a few more mushrooms and a couple of hard-boiled eggs cut in slices;
- cover with a good crust and bake one hour.
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Clean and joint the squirrels, cutting the backs into three pieces, each. Put six slices of fat salt pork into a saucepan, fry three minutes, then put in the squirrels and fry to a light brown in this fat, adding, as the meat begins to yellow, a chopped onion, some chopped parsley and a cupful of mushrooms; sprinkle over them two tablespoonfuls of flour; add a pint of stock and simmer slowly until the meat is tender, seasoning, at the last, with salt and pepper. Boil one minute; pour over the squirrels, and let them cool before putting into bakedish; pour in a gravy formed by stewing, add a few more mushrooms and a couple of hard-boiled eggs cut in slices; cover with a good crust and bake one hour.
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