Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 1/2 c Leftover turkey/chicken
-finely chopped
1 Medium onion, chopped
Salt, pepper, nutmeg to
-taste
2 tb Butter
3 tb Flour
1 1/2 c Heavy cream
2 Eggs, beaten
Bread crumbs

Combine the chopped turkey or chicken with the onion and seasonings.
Melt the butter, stir in the flour, and add this to the cream over a
low flame before combining the two mixtures. Chill, forming little
croquet shapes, roll in egg and then bread crumbs, and fry.

Serve this with rice, leftover giblet gravy and a fresh green salad.
Fresh fruit for dessert.

"You will have to agree this is probably the kind of food that put
President Taft in the 230 pound weight category." Quote by White House
Chef, Mr. Rysavy. (1957)

From "The Treasures of White House Cooking"

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