Ingredients

2 Tbsp. butter
1 pheasant, or other sm. bird, cut into pieces
2 onions, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 carrots, scraped and cut thin
8 C. chicken stock
1 lb. mushrooms, sliced
1 sprig thyme
Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Instructions

Heat butter in kettle and saute pheasant pieces until brown. Remove bird and add onions, garlic, celery, and carrots. Saute until tender. Add stock and return pheasant to kettle. Simmer 10 minutes. Add mushrooms and thyme, season with salt and pepper, and simmer until meat is tender. Remove pheasant pieces, pull meat from bones, cut up meat, and return to kettle. Reheat. Serves 6-8.
 
 
 While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body." (Matthew 26:26)