Fisherman’s Flipper Pie

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4 seal flippers
1 quart water
1 tsp. soda
1/2 cup fat pork
2 onions chopped
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. flour
1 cup cold water
1 tsp. worcestershire sauce

Soak flippers in water and soda for 1/2 hour. Trim off all excess fat. Dip flippers in seasoned flour and pan fry in fat pork to brown. Add chopped onions. Make a gravy of flour, water and worcestershire sauce. Pour over flippers. Cover and bake in moderate oven (350 F) until tender. 2 to 3 hours. Cover with pastry and bake at 400 F for last 1/2 hour.

Pastry:

1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup shortening or lard
1/2 tsp. salt
Cold water

Rub shortening into flour and salt. Add cold water slowly, using just enough to hold pastry together. Roll and place over flippers. Bake at 400 F for 20-30 minutes.