Chicken Dressed as Terrapin

Select young chickens, clean and cut them into pieces

put them into a stewpan with just enough water to cook them

When tender stir into it half of a cup of butter and one beaten egg

Season it with salt and pepper, a teaspoonful of powdered thyme

add two hard-boiled eggs coarsely minced and a small glass of wine

Boil up once and serve with jelly