Chapter XVI · Poultry (Volaille) · No. 1935
1935—Becs-figues et Beguinettes (Fig Peckers)
These birds are not met with in English markets; it is therefore useless to give the recipes concerning them. I will only say that they may be prepared like the larks.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1935, p. 604. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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