The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
September 9th : PARTRIDGES
If killed on the first of the month you may dress your birds to-day. They will be all the better for having been drawn as soon after they come to hand as possible. I recommend the cook to abstain from the common custom of sticking one leg through the other, as it renders the carving difficult.
A good rich gravy sauce is essential with partridge, which , with all its flavour, is a very dry-meated bird.Some folks use bread sauce, or an abomination so called, being, in fact, nothing more or less than spiced pap!!