Recipe - Parrot Pie

12 Parakeets *
6 Thin slices of lean beef, 4
4 Rashers of bacon, 3
3 Hardboiled eggs
One half teaspoon Finely chopped parsley
One fourth teaspoon Dried parsley
Finely grated lemon peel
Salt & pepper
Puff paste
Flour

* Parakeets are a small, longtailed tropical parrot.

Method: Prepare the birds, and truss them like a quail or any other small
bird. Line a piedish with the beef, over it place 6 of the paraquets,
intersperse slices of egg, parsley and lemonrind, dredge lightly with
flour, and season with salt and pepper. Cover with the bacon cut into
strips, lay the rest of the birds on the top, intersperse slices of egg,
season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with parsley and lemonrind as
before; threequarter fill the dish with cold water, cover with puffpaste,
and bake in a quick oven.

Time: About 2One half hours. SUFFICIENT for about 12 persons.

From Mrs. Beeton's All About Cookery, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, date
unknown.

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