The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
April 24th : BOILED LEG OF LAMB
Take care to immerse the joint in cold water, and let it boil very slowly. A leg of six pounds will require two hours and twenty minutes before it is properly done. Cauliflower or broccoli are both applicable vegetables ; but you cannot do better than send this tender and delicious meat to table, reposing on a verdant bed of spinach dressed as above.