enerally preferred. The spine bone should be cut across to make it
easier for carving.

TURBOT PIE. Take a middling turbot, clean it very well, cut off the
head, tail, and fins. Make a forcemeat thus; take a large eel, boil it
tender, then take off the flesh; put the bones of the turbot and eel
into the water the eel was boiled in, with a faggot of herbs, whole
pepper, an onion, and an anchovy; let this boil till it becomes a strong
broth. In the mean time, cut the eel very fine; add the same quantity of
grated bread, a little lemon-peel, an anchovy, parsley, and the yolks of
two or three hard eggs, and half a pint of oysters blanched and bearded;
chop all these as fine as possible; mix all together with a quarter of
a pound of melted butter; and with this forcemeat lay a rim in the
inside of the dish; put in the turbot, and fill up the vacancies with
forcemeat; strain off the broth, scum it very clean, and add a lump of
butter rolled in flour, and a glass of white wine; pour this over the
fish. Make a good puff paste, cover the pie with it, and let it be
thoroughly baked. When it comes from the oven, warm the remainder of the
liquor; pour it in, and send it to table.

TURKEYS. When young they are very tender, and require great attention.
As soon as hatched, put three peppercorns down their throat. They must
be carefully watched, or they will soon perish. The hen turkey is so
careless, that she will stalk about with one chicken, and leave the
remainder, or even tread upon and kill them. Turkeys are violent eaters,
and must therefore be left to take charge of themselves in general,
except one good feed a day. The hen sets twenty-five or thirty days, and
the young ones must be kept warm, as the least cold or damp kills them.
They must be fed often, and at a distance from the hen, or she will pick
every thing from them. They should have curds, green cheese parings cut
small, and bread and milk with chopped wormwood in it. Their drink milk
and water, but must not be left to turn sour. All young fowls are a prey
for vermin, therefore they should be kept in a safe place where none can
come. Weasels, stoats, and ferrets will creep in at a very small
crevice. The hen should be under a coop, in a warm place exposed to the
sun, for the first three or four weeks; and the young ones should not be
suffered to wander about in the dew, at morning or evening. Twelve eggs
are enough to put under a turkey; and when she is about to la