Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-21
Thanksgiving Rabbit
Turkey Substitute

Why not serve rabbit dinner
instead Of a. turkey one on Thaukssiv-
ing Day? In many sections of tho
country wild jackrabbits or the cotton
tails are plentiful: a good huntsman
has but to spend q few hours m tina
country with his gun to return with
game bag OVERLOOKING, In some locau-
ties Belgian or New Zealand hares are
raised on a commercial scale, and tho
city markets al this time OF tho year
usually have good supply IF both tho
,hares and game rabbits at favorable
prices.
Here are two suggested turkeyless
dinners:
7.
a Fruit Cup
smothered Rabbit with Dumplings
.c- ..tta. and Gravy ~
Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Dreamed Caulllower or Satisfy
Cranberry Sauce Celery Hearts
Bread Butter
Tomato Jelly with Mayonnaise
= Va. Waters
$500. Ice Cream and Cake Il
.....- Coffee a.H
.4. Sailed Nuts
III. t.r
Cream of oyster Soup
Fried Rabbit ,.s- Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Buttered Turnips
Baked Corn Pudding
Cranberry jelly Celery
Hot Rolls " Butter
t Fruit Salad -s
Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream
Nuts Raisins
The following recipes, tested in the
experimental kitchen OF the United
States department OF agriculture, show
some of the attractive ways in which
either a rabbit or q hare can be serv-
ed. --. ..-
&c.. , Fried Rabbit. a
: Skin draw, wash, and, cut rabbit
into pieces. Dredge with -four salt
and pepper. Fry in not fat until
brown. II the rabbit Is very large 1t
should be fried slowly Tor about 30 or |
20 minutes. Aryoung rabbit cooked In |
this way and served with cream gravy |
tastes, very, much like fried chicken.
&Frloassee Of Rabbit. |
Skin. draw, wash, and cut rabbit
INTO pieces. Dretige2 with -four, salt |
and pepper. Brown in I tablespoons
of fat Change from frying pan to
stew pan. cover With boiling water, |
and cook slowly until, tender. Remove |
meat from broth. allowing table,
spoon of -four to cup OF broth. |
Bring to the boiling point and while |
still boiling add dumplings: cover
closely and allow to steam Is or 20
minutes. Pour dunnpnngs and gravy |,
over meat on hot serving platter. |
pumpIines. |
Two cups -four. 4 teaspoons baking
powder. y teaspoon salt, cup milk, |
egg, 2 tablespoons fat.
Sirt together -four, baking powder. !
and salt Cut in fat. Beat egg well
and add to milk. Combine the two
mixtures. Drop by spoonfuls into |
slowly boiling gravy. Cover closely /
and allow to steam Is or 20 minutes.
i. ... -a Casserole Rabbit. |
Eight slices bacon, large rattit or
Belgian hare cut into pieces.
medium-sized potatoes. 2 mail onions. |
cups hot fyater, iNteaspoon salt
teaspoon pepper % -
Fry the bacon until light brown and |
remove from the fat. 4USe this bacon |
fat to brown the rabbit. which has
been dipped In -four. Arrange IN cas- |
serole dish, the pieces OF rabbit, the |
strips of bacon, and sliced onions and !
potatoes. and dresga. lightly with -four. |
Pour water over all. Cover and COOK i
slowlyj2 hours.
m Rabbit in Tomato Ssuee.
Two tablespoons lard or butter. i y |
CUPS tomato pulp or Juice, large
onion chopped fine 3tabiespoons Hour, |
teaspoons salt, y teaspoon pepper.
2 cups water, large rabbit.
Skin, clean, and wash and cut the
rabbit into pieces at the joints. Dip In |
-four ard brown In a little fat.
Put the lard or butter in deep iron
skillet or roasting pan, and stir In |
the -four Add the chopped onion and |
the tomato Juice with the seasoning |
and the boiling water and cook
minutes. When this is boiling put in
the Drowned rabbit. Cover and let
simmer on top OF the stove or in the
oven for hour.
Snothered Rabbit.
Skin. draw, and wash good sized
rabbit or hare. The rabbit may be cut
In halves By splitting down the back
or stuffed with well-seasoned dress
Ing, trussed and cooked whole as pre-
ferred.
Put the rabbit IN q roasting pan
dredge we'll with -four. salt and pepper
and DOT over with butter. Lay three
or four strips Of bacon across the
"a obit. add cups, OF hot water, cover
and allow to cook until tender-about |
! hour. Remove the cover. and allow
70 brown. Thicken the liquid around |
meat and serve as gravy
Rabbit cooked in this way is de- /
licious served with baked a:.rcr'!ngs- ,
Make q rich biscuit dough, roll out /
and cut in small biscuits. Have the
gravy in the roasting pan boiling hot !
and drop the biscuit on the top OF the
gravy. Place In the oven and brown.