Title: Parrot pie
 Categories: Australian, Poultry, Humor
      Yield: 12 Servings
 
     12    Parakeets *
      6    Thin slices of lean beef, 4
      4    Rashers of bacon, 3
      3    Hard-boiled eggs
    1/2 ts Finely chopped parsley
    1/4 ts Dried parsley
           Finely grated lemon peel
           Salt & pepper
           Puff paste
           Flour
 
  * Parakeets are a small, long-tailed tropical parrot.
  
  Method: Prepare the birds, and truss them like a quail or any other
  small bird. Line a pie-dish with the beef, over it place 6 of the
  paraquets, intersperse slices of egg, parsley and lemon-rind, dredge
  lightly with flour, and season with salt and pepper. Cover with the
  bacon cut into strips, lay the rest of the birds on the top,
  intersperse slices of egg, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle
  with parsley and lemon-rind as before; three-quarter fill the dish
  with cold water, cover with puff-paste, and bake in a quick oven.
  
  Time: About 2-1/2 hours. SUFFICIENT for about 12 persons.
  
  From Mrs. Beeton's All About Cookery, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, date
  unknown.