Recipe for New England Boiled Birds 
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Yield:
4
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
4 x (or more) Small quail, snipe or woodcock split along backbone
1/2 lb Butter softened
2 tbl Flour seasoned with
1/2 tsp Salt and
1/4 tsp Freshly-ground black pepper
4 x (or more) Bacon strips
1/2 cup Brown gravy
2 tbl Rhubarb jam or currant jelly
1 tbl Minced parsley
Instructions:
Instructions: Rub birds with half of the soft butter and dust with seasoned flour. Put birds on a broiler rack and top each with a bacon strip. Broil for 15 to 20 minutes, according to size, turning at 3 to 5 minute intervals. Remove birds and keep warm. Blend remainder of seasoned flour with gravy, jam, and remaining butter; add mixture to pan drippings and stir well. Add parsley, mix, and heat gently. Pour brandy, heated, over birds and ignite. Let flames die out; serve birds on toast with sauce on the side.

This recipe yields 4 appetizer servings.

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