The same firm has canned game birds, packed whole—pheasant, guinea, and mallard duck. The dressed bird is placed in a perforated Cry-O-Vac bag, then into the tin to cook in its own juices and be turned out whole and firm, now into a hot oven for 20 minutes to come to golden perfection.
The birds are raised on Spencer's Berkshire Game Farm, and the canning process is exclusive with his kitchen. The most outstanding product to our way of thinking is the whole pheasant in natural broth with sherry, the price ＄6.90, or six tins ＄40.50, 12 tins ＄78.00; the whole guinea in natural broth with port wine, ＄3.75 for one, ＄11 for six, ＄42.50 a dozen. Soups, too, in this line: a pheasant broth with wild rice, also a clear pheasant broth, a jellied pheasant consommé with sherry wine, pheasant soup with pheasant meat, and a wild mallard duck stew. The items are beautifully prepared; why not write for the leaflet which describes each in detail and gives the prices? The pheasant à la Newberg, for example, is one we have served, one tin just right for a twosome. The light and dark pheasant meat is diced amd prepared with chopped mushrooms and truffles in the rich sauce well seasoned with sherry. Have it on toast or on wild rice or in patty shells for a luncheon, ＄2.25 for a tin.
Minnesota wild rice, cooked, light, and fluffy, is sold ready to heat and bring to the table in ten minutes flat. The 12-ounce tin contains the proper amount to accompany a brace of pheasants or mallards, price ＄1.10.
“I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, ” sang Shakespeare—and some three centuries later, food writers are singing the praises of bay and basil, rosemary, savory, and thyme. Every cook in her kitchen is experimenting with every familiar dish from soup to salad.
Packed for the amateurs in the herb game is a sampling set of six of the most commonly used herbs, packed in round plastic boxes with chart directions for using, a mail-order offer for ＄1.50, postage included. The herbs are basil, orégano, thyme, rosemary, savory, and marjoram. Freshly cured, these herbs, and no dust, as the see-through box plainly reveals, no twigs. The herbs have a fresh color, and up with the lid, let the nose discover the aromatic fragrance. The boxes each hold around 1/4 ounce, which sounds next to nothing, but a little goes a long way. Address orders to Piquant Products Company, San Andreas, California, and ask for the Hostess Herb Set.
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