Crimped Cod

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (5)
  1. Take a gallon of spring water, put it into a saucepan over the fire, and throw in a handful of salt.
  2. Boil it up several times, and keep it clean scummed.
  3. When it is well cleared from the scum, take a middling sized cod, as fresh as possible, and put it into some fresh pump-water.
  4. Let it lie a few minutes, and then cut it into slices about two inches thick.
  5. Throw these into the boiling
Original Text
Crimped Cod. TAKE a gallon of spring water, put it into a saucepan over the fire, and throw in a handful of salt. Boil it up several times, and keep it clean scummed. When it is well cleared from the scum, take a middling sized cod, as fresh as possible, and put it into some fresh pump-water. Let it lie a few minutes, and then cut it into slices about two inches thick. Throw these into the boiling
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