{"id":4722,"slug":"how-to-boil-terrapin","title":"How to boil terrapin","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["2 live terrapin","2 quarts of cold water","1 onion","1 carrot","1 bay leaf","1 clove","a whiskey glass of sherry wine"],"ingredients_norm":["live terrapin","cold water","onion","carrot","bay leaf","clove","whiskey glass of sherry wine"],"steps":["Put two live terrapin into boiling water and leave for two minutes.","Then remove the outer skin from the feet, neck and head, with a towel.","Put the terrapin in a kettle with two quarts of cold water, an onion, a carrot, a bay leaf, and one clove, and boil until the feet are soft. The time required depends upon the age of the terrapin, some being cooked in fifteen minutes, and others requiring two or three hours.","When done open the shell, take out all the meat, and the liver, removing the gall from the latter with scissors.","Remove the tail and claws and head.","Cut up the legs in inch-long pieces, or at the joints, as preferred.","Reduce the broth by boiling down to about a cupful, and put in a jar with the meat, and add a whiskey glass of sherry wine.","The terrapin is then ready to prepare in any style desired."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w30:13","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"9dad5e5755c317900d8beafce4961c312c01eda62f2966c869bbdb04a7efc62f","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:38:21Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T16:38:21Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/how-to-boil-terrapin"}