To Roast a Rabbit

Ingredients

• 1 rabbit
• thin slices of bacon
• forcemeat (No. 1, Chapter VIII)
• butter
• flour
• good brown gravy
• currant jelly

Instructions

1. Remove the back-bone from the rabbit, following the directions given elsewhere in the text.
2. Line the inside with thin slices of bacon.
3. Fill it with forcemeat (No. 1, Chapter VIII).
4. Sew the rabbit up and truss it.
5. Roast it at a clear, brisk fire.
6. Flour it well soon after it is laid down.
7. Baste it constantly with butter throughout cooking.
8. Serve it with good brown gravy and currant jelly, if desired.