To Stew Wild Ducks

Ingredients

• wild ducks
• salt
• pepper
• powdered cloves
• 2 shallots
• 1 lump butter
• butter
• vinegar
• water
• pepper
• salt
• lemon peel
• 1 bunch sweet herbs
• lemon
• bread

Instructions

1. Having prepared the fowls, rub the insides with salt, pepper, and a little powdered cloves.
2. Put a shallot or two, with a lump of butter, in the body of each.
3. Lay them in a pan that will just hold them, putting butter under and over them, with vinegar and water.
4. Add pepper, salt, lemon peel, and a bunch of sweet herbs.
5. Cover the pan close and let them stew till done.
6. Pass the liquor through a sieve, pour it over the ducks, and serve them up hot, with a garnish of lemon sliced and raspings of bread fried.
7. Teal and the like may be dressed the same way.