Take the rabbit, ham, onion, turnip, celery, water; let them boil till the rabbit is tender. Strain off the liquor; boil the cream, and add it to the best part of the rabbit pounded; if not of the thickness you wish, add some flour and butter, and rub it through a sieve. It must not be boiled after the cream is added.
The Lady's Own Cookery Book (1844).