Salt Cod

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791

Source: The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (4)

Salt Cod ↝ Fish, cod, Atlantic, dried and salted [Finfish and Shellfish Products]
a glass of vinegar ↝ Vinegar [Mustard and other condiments]

for serving

egg sauce ↝ Egg, whole, raw [Eggs and omelets]
parsnips boiled and beat fine with butter and cream ↝ Parsnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Instructions (4)

Steep the salt-fish in water all night, with a glass of vinegar thrown into it, which will take out the salt, and make it eat as mild as fresh fish.
The next day boil it, and when it is enough, separate it in flakes into your dish.
Then pour egg sauce over it; or parsnips boiled and beat fine with butter and cream.
As it will soon grow cold send it to table on a water-plate.

Original Text

Salt Cod.
STEEP your salt-fish in water all night, with a glass of
vinegar thrown into it, which will take out the salt, and
make it eat as mild as fresh fish. The next day boil it,
and when it is enough, separate it in flakes into your dish.
Then pour egg sauce over it; or parsnips boiled and beat
fine with butter and cream. As it will soon grow cold
send it to table on a water-plate.

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