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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
January, 1918 
“Brer” Rabbit Can Do His Bit 
At festival season the rabbit has 
tl ways held a place of honor on 
the English board. A Christmas 
stagecoach without its full hampers 
and dangling rabbits for town ta- 
bles would not have been a stage- 
coach at all. Mr. Pickwick would 
not have ridden in it, and there 
would have been no pretty Ara- 
bella with fur topped boots. 
Thanksgiving — 1917 — should see 
the American rabbit raised to the 
food peerage or knighted upon the 
field. “Brer” Rabbit elevated to 
Sir Rabbit may then well break a 
lance with Sir Lion and drive him 
from the lists. 
The rabbit has such possibilities 
that you can hardly go wrong 
when you have once caught your 
rabbit. What can you do with a 
rabbit? Exactly what you can do 
with a chicken — roast, pan, fry, 
fricassee, and a dozen ways be- 
sides. Try one of these for your 
Thanksgiving dinner. 
Roast Rabbit — Wash the rabbit 
with soda water. Lay in salted wa- 
ter for an hour. Stuff the rabbit 
with onion, celery or chestnut 
dressing and sew up. Line a bak- 
ing pan with the following: one 
onion and one carrot cut up, a few 
cloves, whole peppercorns and one 
hay leaf. Rub rabbit with salt 
and pepper and lay it upon this 
dressing, putting fat or oleo here 
and there over the rabbit. Sift a 
little flour over the top and pour 
a cup of stock or hot water into 
the pan. Cover tight and roast, 
basting frequently. When ready 
to serve, put on a hot platter and 
garnish with slices of lemon and 
cranberry jelly or currant jelly. 
Spiced Rabbit — Wash rabbit in 
soda water. Disjoint hind legs; cut 
off the saddle ; remove the fore- 
quarters, making in all nine pieces. 
Lay in salt water about an hour. 
Place rabbit in dish with vinegar 
poured over it and let it remain 
over night. Remove from pickle, 
salt each piece lightly, and arrange 
in baking pan. Cut up an onion in 
it, adding one bay leaf, a dozen 
pepper corns, part of a celery root, 
a cup of stock, and a little vinegar 
from the pickle. Cover with anoth- 
er pan, put in a quick oven and 
bake an hour. Remove upper pan, 
and brown, basting frequently. 
When brown, remove and arrange 
pieces on a hot dish. To the pan 
add a tablespoon of flour browned 
in fat drippings and a cup of stock. 
If not spiced enough, add pepper 
and a very little mace. If desired, 
add a can of mushrooms that have 
been drained and washed. Pour the 
gravy over the rabbit, dust with 
chopped parsley, and send to the 
table. 
Chestnut Stuffing — Shell one 
quart of Italian chestnuts. Boil un- 
til skin is softened, then drain and 
remove the skins; put back in wa- 
ter and boil until soft and rub 
through a sieve while hot. Season 
the mashed chestnuts with one ta- 
blespoon bacon fat, one teaspoon 
each of salt, grated lemon rind 
and chopped parsley. Add three 
tablespoons of grated bread crumbs 
and two well-beaten eggs. Be sure 
the stuffing is not too wet. 
NOT “HIT” RUT UTMOST 
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THING AND SEND THEM 
PLENTY OF MUNITIONS. ” 
This today is the imperative call 
of America to every citizen, “Drop 
every mortal thing and send them 
plenty of munitions, fuel, food and 
ships.” Does personal business 
block the way? Sweep it aside, 
and stand by the soldiers, we owe 
them everything. 
Not “bit” but utmost is our 
country’s need. What is a “bit”? 
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According to the dictionary the 
smallest quantity; a whit; a jot. 
Is a “bit” then the offering of 
America to a bleeding world? A 
“bit” the toll a patriot pays for 
the defense of the flag? A “bit” 
the price we pay for sons who give 
their all that we may live? 
The war has reached a grave 
crisis. America’s share grows ever 
bigger. The war zone stretches 
from San Francisco to Berlin. 
Every individual is personally re- 
sponsible for holding that line. 
Our business now is war, and “do- 
ing one’s bit” should have no place 
in our vocabulary or thought. 
America has undertaken the most 
gigantic task in military history, a 
task that calls for our utmost in 
strength and intelligence. Soli- 
darity in America and unity of 
aims with our Allies mean victory, 
and the guarantee, in all the ages 
to come, of human liberty and se- 
cure peace. The end is worth our 
all. 
