MUD  HEN

How to Cook a Mud Hen


Take one Mud Hen.  Pluck and clean the bird. Put a brick in the cavity.

 Season well  with salt, pepper, and garlic.

 Place in a large casserole dish. Add 3 cups water to  dish.

Bake, covered, 12 hours.

 Add 1 bottle white wine.

Return to oven for a further 12 hours.

Add 4 chopped onions and one more bottle of  White  Wine.

 Bake another 12 hours.

 Continue adding 1 bottle of white wine every 12 hours until  the brick is

soft.

Then discard the mud hen and eat the brick.