This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Singe, draw, cut off the necks, wipe neatly, and truss six fine, small squabs ; put them in a roasting-pan with half a pinch of salt, evenly divided, and a very little butter spread over. Put the pan into a brisk oven to cook for twelve minutes ; then remove from the oven, untruss, and dress them on a hot dish, on which you previously have placed six small canapes, prepared as in No. 832, one on each canape ; neatly decorate the dish with fresh watercress ; skim the fat from off the gravy, add to it a gill of white broth (No. 99) ; let it just come to a boil, strain it into a sauce-bowl, and send to the table separately.
 
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