To Fry Plaice or Flounders

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845
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Modern cookery for private families
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (4)
  1. Sprinkle them with salt, and let them lie for two or three hours before they are dressed.
  2. Wash and clean them thoroughly, wipe them very dry, flour them well, and wipe them again with a clean cloth.
  3. Dip them into egg, and fine bread-crumbs, and fry them in plenty of lard.
  4. If the fish be large, raise the flesh in handsome fillets from the bones, and finish them as directed for fillets of soles.
Original Text
TO FRY PLAICE OR FLOUNDERS. Sprinkle them with salt, and let them lie for two or three hours before they are dressed. Wash and clean them thoroughly, wipe them very dry, flour them well, and wipe them again with a clean 76cloth; dip them into egg, and fine bread-crumbs, and fry them in plenty of lard. If the fish be large, raise the flesh in handsome fillets from the bones, and finish them as directed for fillets of soles. Obs.—Plaice is said to be rendered less watery by beating it gently with a paste-roller before it is cooked. It is very sweet and pleasant in flavour while it is in the best season, which is from the end of May to about September.
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