To Roast a Goose

Ingredients

• a few sage leaves
• 2 onions
• 1 butter
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 teaspoon salt
• flour
• lard
• a little boiling water

Instructions

1. Chop the sage leaves and onions very fine. Mix them with a good lump of butter, one teaspoonful of pepper, and two of salt. Stuff this mixture into the goose.
2. Split the goose and lay it down. Dust it with flour.
3. When it is thoroughly hot, baste it with nice lard before a good clear fire. If it is a large goose, it will require about an hour and a half to roast.
4. When it is done, dredge and baste it again. Pull out the spit and pour in a little boiling water.