Alauda arvensisMake a paste of half a-pound of suet and one pound of flour. Roll it out, and line the dish with it. Then take one pound of rump steak, three sheeps kidneys, one dozen larks, nicely picked and drawn, and all well seasoned with two of salt and one of pepper, and one dozen oysters blanched, Cut the steaks thin and place them at the bottom of the dish, then the kidneys in a like manner, the larks on top, with an oyster in each. It should be boiled for five hours.
The Corner Cupboard (1858)
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Remember please that this recipe is over 150 years old and that the laws on killing songbirds have been changed since they were commonly available in markets! You have to be responsible and realise that this recipe is an oddity and only posted here as a curiosity. However, perhaps it is possible to adapt it with small birds otherwise available. Any comments or experience with this would be very interesting to hear about.
Jack.
I have just come across a reference to lark pudding in Dan Simmons's novel Drood. Thank you for posting the recipe.
ReplyDeleteSame :)
DeleteSame same.
DeleteSame here
DeleteYep. Tastes just as good with a really small dodo (which hunting is apparently not illegal)
ReplyDeleteDrood . Me, too.
ReplyDeleteApparently we’re all here due to Drood
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