Name: Squab on the Spit
Ingredients: 4 Whole pigeons, cleaned, gutted, livers set aside; 12 Sage leaves; 1 c Pitted prunes; 1 c Chicken stock; 1/2 c Vin santo; 1 tb Tomato paste or conserve

If a doctor, able to help, were at the side of a sick person and promised to help him from his trouble and advised him how to combat his ailment or the poison he had taken, and if the sick person knew that the doctor could help him but nonetheless said: Oh, get out, I won’t accept your advice; you are no doctor, but a highwayman; I am not sick, nor have I taken poison; it will not hurt me; and if the sick person wanted to kill the doctor, would you not say that this fellow, who persecuted and wanted to kill his doctor, was not only sick but demented, mad, and irrational as well?... But this spiritual madness – that we do not want to accept help when God’s Son wants to help us – is ten times worse. Should our Lord God not be angry and let hellfire, sulfur, and pitch rain upon such ingrates? For besides being sinners, we are also so wretched as to reject help and chase away and kill those who urge us to accept it.

Martin Luther

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		New, Text, Import	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Whole pigeons, cleaned, gutted, livers set aside
12		Sage leaves
1	c	Pitted prunes
1	c	Chicken stock
1/2	c	Vin santo
1	tb	Tomato paste or conserve

INSTRUCTIONS

Season the birds with salt and pepper. Stuff each one with sage leaves and
a prune. Skewer on the spit and place in front of hot part of coals with a
drip pan. Cook until just cooked through (depending on your fire, about 45
minutes to
11/2    hours).
Meanwhile, place remaining sage and prunes into a 1 quart sauce pan with
stock, vin santo and tomato conserve. Simmer 30 minutes. Remove birds from
spit, cut in half and serve with prunes and roasted potatoes.
Yield: 4 servings
Recipe by: Molto Mario
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #488 by Sue <suechef@sover.net> on Feb 28,
1997.

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