Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1917 — Hints About Game [ARTICLE]

Hints About Game

Never wash game, Inside or out; merely wipe it with a cloth wrung out in hot water. Badly shot birds should not be bung long. The length pf time a bird is hung must depend on the weather, the state of the bird and individual taste. Snipe, woodcock and plover should never be drawn. Tie the birds, if possible, with string instead of using skewers, for, the lat ter make holes through which the juices escape. —* i- —— Tie a slice of fat bacon over the breast, of each bird to keep it from drying. Baste all game very thoroughly; otb erwise it will become dry and shriv eled. Game, except partridge and pheasant, is usually best slightly underdone. Thfs is especially the case with teal and wild duck. Never pour gravy over game, but it separately in a hot tureen. The correct accompaniments to aB game are bread sauce, fried crumbs, good gravy and potatoes Wed 1* *U, fashion, ;