Poultry Chicken Pudding

chicken pudding
(from The Virginia Housewife by Mary Randolph, 1825)

Ingredients:

4 young chickens​

10 eggs​

1 qt. milk​

1/4 lb. butter​

pepper & salt​

flour​

thyme & parsley​

Instructions:

Beat ten eggs very light, add to them a quart of rich milk, with a quarter of a pound of butter melted, and some pepper and salt; stir in as much flour as will make a thin good batter; take four young chickens, and after cleaning them nicely, cut off the legs, wings, &c. put them all in a sauce pan, with some salt and water, and a bundle of thyme and parsley, boil them till nearly done, then take the chicken from the water and put it in the batter pour it in a dish, and bake it; send nice white gravy in a boat.​

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photo by woodley wonderworks [CC BY 2.0]​

 

[donna]

Always love fried chicken. My Granny made the best.

The chicken pudding is interesting dish. Hadn't heard of it.

Thanks to Albert for these recipes.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

My Granny made the best.

All of our Grans made the best !



Seriously though, I hope there are no arguments about the recent chicken sandwich wars in the States.

What the Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Feeding Frenzy Means for Rivals

The sandwich’s launch and subsequent Twitter debate was a viral sensation that disrupted the fast food industry and likely will shape the outcome of third quarter results for some of the largest players, one analyst says.

www.barrons.com

 

[JOHN42768]

A very diversified usable critter: : Eaten in so many ways, supplier of eggs, alarm clock,occasional pet and way back when- a supplier of feathers for stuffing pillows or whatever.

 

[scone]

Love that bird

 

[Lubliner]

Good Lord! What is the serving size with the Chicken-pudding recipe. This was not written for the batchelor (purposely misspelled). Family of four? Quick, to the calculator.
Lubliner.

 

[JPChurch]

Chicken is about the only meat I eat on a regular basis since it's still reasonable in price. You can do just about anything with it. Chicken wings???? A waste of $ IMO. Least amount of meat/most amount of skin per piece and the cost for a big package per pound is ridiculous. It's like lobster.

Best bang for the buck is a whole bird when on sale for like .99 a lb. Clean it up good, put a beer can up its rear end and roast it standing up over indirect charcoal on your Weber kettle grill for 2 hours and you have a nice meal. Or roast it your oven however you prefer. They do get greasy due to the fat, I always use a drip pan of some sort under them.

Happy Chicken month!!!!!

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

I love that channel.

I've been a subscriber for a while.

 

[Pat Answer]

2:28 - "Beat it, cat!"

 

[Tennessee Union Gal]

chicken pudding
(from The Virginia Housewife by Mary Randolph, 1825)

Ingredients:

4 young chickens
10 eggs
1 qt. milk
1/4 lb. butter
pepper & salt
flour
thyme & parsley​

Instructions:

Beat ten eggs very light, add to them a quart of rich milk, with a quarter of a pound of butter melted, and some pepper and salt; stir in as much flour as will make a thin good batter; take four young chickens, and after cleaning them nicely, cut off the legs, wings, &c. put them all in a sauce pan, with some salt and water, and a bundle of thyme and parsley, boil them till nearly done, then take the chicken from the water and put it in the batter pour it in a dish, and bake it; send nice white gravy in a boat.
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photo by woodley wonderworks [CC BY 2.0]​

My mother made something similar. The chicken was off the bone and it did have some vegetables in it, onion and some red stuff, likely pimento. It was baked in a loaf pan, sliced and served with chicken gravy.