November 18, 2008

• 1 large turkey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon browned flour
• 1 pod pepper
• 1 loaf bread
• 1 pt water
• 50 oysters
• 2 hard boiled eggs
• 1/4 large onion
• 4 pieces celery
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup minced mushrooms
• 1/2 teaspoon minced parsley

Make a dressing by chopping together bread, mush-
rooms, oysters, salt, pepper, onions, celery, parsley and
hard boiled eggs, then fry about 15 minutes in butter; put
this in turkey and rub with oil, flour, salt and pepper.
Put in pan, add water, baste frequently and bake, allow-
ing 20 minutes to the pound.
—Mrs. Martha Pritchard Stanford, Old and New Cook Book, 1904