xo The Art of Cookery , 
To roajl venifon. 
TAKE ti haunch of venifon, and fpit it. Take four flints 
of white paper, butter them well, and roll about your venifon, 
then tie your paper on with a fmall firing, and bade it very well 
all the time it is roafting. If your fire is very good and brifk, 
two hours will do it; and, if a fmall haunch, an hour and a 
half. The neck and (boulder mu ft be done in the fame man¬ 
ner, which will take an hour and a half, and when it is enough 
take off the paper, and drudge it with a little flour juft to make 
a froth ; but you mult be very quick, for fear the fat fhould 
melt. You muft not put any fauce in the difli but what comes 
out of the meat, but have fome very good gravy and put into 
your fauce-boat or bafon. You muft always have fweet fauce 
with your venifon in another bafon. If it is a large haunch, it 
will take two hours and a half. 
Different forts of fauce for. venifon. 
YOU may take either of thefe fauces for venifon. Currant 
jelly warmed ; or half a pint of red wine, with a quarter of a 
pound of fugar, fimmered over a clear fire for five or fix mi¬ 
nutes 5 * or half a pint of vinegar, and a quarter of a pound of 
fugar, fimmered till it is a fyrup. 
To roajl mutton , venifon fafhion. 
TAKE a hind-quarter of fat mutton, and cut the leg like a 
haunch \ lay it in a pan with the backfide of it down, pour 
a bottle of red wine over it, and let it lie twenty-four hours, 
then fpit it, and bafte it with the fame liquor and butter all 
the time it is roafting at a good quick fire, and an hour and 
a half will do it. Have a little good gravy in a cup, and fweet 
fauce in another. A good fat neck of mutton eats finely done 
thus. 
To keep venifon or hares fweet ; or to make them frep when 
they fink. 
IF your venifon be very fweet, only dry it with a cloth, and 
hang it where the air comes. If you would keep it any time, 
dry it very well with clean cloths, rub it all over with beaten 
ginger, and hang it in an airy place, and it will keep a great 
while. If it ftinks, or is mufty, take fome lukewarm water. 
