To Boil Fish

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852
Source
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (6)
  1. Put the fish on in sufficient water to cover it.
  2. Add a small handful of salt.
  3. If the fish is not larger than mackerel, soles, or whiting, it will be cooked by the time that the water boils.
  4. Always try whether it requires to boil a little longer, as underdone fish is unwholesome.
  5. Boiled fish requires some kind of sauce.
  6. Try the following sauce.
Original Text
No. 126. To Boil Fish. Put the fish on in sufficient water to cover it, add a small handful of salt, and, providing that the fish is not larger than mackerel, soles, or whiting, it will be cooked by the time that the water boils. Yet it is always best to try whether it requires to boil a little longer, as underdone fish is unwholesome. Boiled fish requires some kind of sauce. Try the following, viz:—
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