To bake a gammon of Bacon.
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Introduction
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The Source Recipe
The original text of the recipe is as follows:

To bake a gammon of Bacon. Take your Bacon and boyle it, and stuffe it with Parcely and Sage, and yolks of hard Egges, and when it is boyled, stuffe it and let it boyle againe, season it with Pepper, cloves and mace, whole cloves stick fast in, so then lay it in your paste with salt butter.



Related Recipes
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To bake a Gammon of Bacon. Take a Gammon of Bacon, water it sixe dayes and perboyle him halfe enough and laye him in presse then take the sworde of hum and stuffe him with cloues, and season him with pepper, and saffron. And close vp in a standing pye, bake him and so serue him. []

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Materials
The original recipe calls for the following ingredients: [edit this list as appropriate]

pork
parsley
sage
yolks
eggs
pepper
cloves
mace
pastry
salt
butter


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Procedure
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Bibliography

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Searchable index of "". Medieval Cookery.
  <http://www.medievalcookery.com/search/display.html?booko:62>. Accessed on March 29, 2024, 5:52 am.

Searchable index of "". Medieval Cookery.
  <http://www.medievalcookery.com/search/display.html?goodh:59>. Accessed on March 29, 2024, 5:52 am.