Guinea Hen, Roasted Recipe

Instructions

1. Roasted Recipe, Truss 2 guinea hens, cover breasts with thin slices of bacon, and put in roaster and bake, basting often until tender.
2. Remove bacon and brown.
3. Melt in roasting pan 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening, stir in 2 tablespoons flour, pour in gradually 2 cups scalded cream, and stir constantly.
4. Strain, season with salt and white pepper, and, if liked, a tiny grain nutmeg, and pour this over guinea hens, or pass separately Serve with these, potato balls of uniform size, which have been sauted in vegetable shortening and sprinkled with chopped parsley.