Wild Duck

Ingredients

• 1 wild duck
• vinegar and water
• 1 onion
• fat or butter
• salt and pepper
• 1 tart apple
• 1 mild onion
• 1 small pinch powdered sage
• 0.5 cup bread crumbs, grated
• 1 tablespoonful butter
• 1 spoonful tart jelly
• 1 wineglass claret
• 1 tablespoonful tomato catsup

Instructions

1. If the duck is likely to be fishy, soak it for an hour in vinegar and water made very salt.
2. For a fishy duck: Stuff the cavity with an onion stuck very full of cloves. For a milder duck: Stuff with a tart apple stuck with cloves and a mild onion, and strew lightly inside a small pinch of powdered sage.
3. Season the duck inside and out with salt and pepper. Rub it over generously with fat or butter.
4. Roast in quick heat to the degree required.
5. For the sauce: Brown half a cup of grated bread crumbs in a tablespoonful of butter. Add a spoonful of tart jelly, a wineglass of claret, and a tablespoonful of tomato catsup. Season to taste with salt and pepper.