Rook Pie
6 rooks pepper and salt
3 hard boiled eggs ½ lb of rough puff pastry
1 pint warm water 1 oz butter
1 lb steak ½ oz of Cox's instant powdered
1 oz flour gelatine
Wash rooks well, taking care to remove the livers and backbones. Cut into neat joints and the steak into pieces, toss in flour, pepper and salt. Fry the rooks in hot butter and put onto plate, brown the steak, add warm water and simmer 1 hour. Put the rooks into the mixture and simmer for 1 hour longer. Boil eggs, remove shells and cut into quarters. Put the rooks, meat and eggs into a pie dish,