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Cold Chicken with Vinegar

A historical recipe from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878).

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A historical recipe

Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Project Gutenberg eBook #42450.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. one tablespoonful vinegar

Method

  1. Cut up the chicken in fine pieces and crack the bones.
  2. Season with salt and pepper;
  3. put it in a deep baking plate with a lump of butter, and one tablespoonful vinegar.
  4. Cover it with hot water.
  5. Put a plate over it and stew on a stove or over hot embers.
  6. Add one heaping teacup chopped celery to the mixture before cooking.--Mrs.
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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #42450 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42450). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.