OK, now, recipes to build up Catspaw's health (or at least to give him something to chew on).

This is from my collection of my mom's old cookbooks. The Kitchen Guide, American, no date found in it, but old and falling apart:

Lenten Loaf (mostly rice and canned salmon)

Little Pigs in Blankets or Oyster Bundles (24 large oysters wrapped in 24 pieces of bacon)

Fried Frog's Legs (hindquarters only)

Liver Dumplings (Skin 1/2 pound of calf's liver and remove every paticle of tough fibre. Chicken liver may be used instead of calf's liver, as well as heart and tender parts of gizzard. Cook bread and water to a paste. Add seasonings, egg, and finely chopped liver. Form into balls and cook in hot soup. Very nutritious.) (!!!)

Turtle Soup (Wash the turtle, cut the skin loose from under the shell, skin legs and neck and remove all fat, save the liver. ..... it doesn't say what to do with the liver after you 'save' it. Any suggestions, catspaw?)

City Chickens - for six (2 pork tenderloins, equal amount veal steak, cracker crumbs, 2 cups hot water, 1 cup rich milk, 1 or 2 beaten eggs. Cut meat in one and a half inch squares, alternate pieces on wooden skewers until 6 are used. Roll each chicken (?!) in seasoned eggs and crumbs. Allow to stand for 2 hours to harden. Then, brown well on all sides in skillet, remove chicken (!), place in roaster, put hot water in the spider, rinse well, and pour in roaster. Cover and bake slowly 2 hours. Make gravy with milk and season well.).... it doesn't say if it tastes like chicken.

alice