CURRIED COD

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Time: Cook: 10 min Total: 45 min
Yield: 4.0 persons
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

2 slices of large cod, or the remains of any cold fish ↝ Fish, cod, Atlantic, raw [Finfish and Shellfish Products]
3 oz. of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 onion sliced ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a teacupful of white stock
thickening of butter and flour ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 small teaspoonful of curry-powder ↝ Spices, curry powder [Spices and Herbs]
1/4 pint of cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
salt and cayenne to taste ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
salt and cayenne to taste ↝ Peppers, raw, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]

Instructions (7)

Flake the fish, and fry it of a nice brown colour with the butter and onions
put this in a stewpan
add the stock and thickening
simmer for 10 minutes
Stir the curry-powder into the cream
put it, with the seasoning, to the other ingredients
give one boil, and serve

Original Text

CURRIED COD.

237. INGREDIENTS.—2 slices of large cod, or the remains of any cold fish; 3 oz. of butter, 1 onion sliced, a teacupful of white stock, thickening of butter and flour, 1 small teaspoonful of curry-powder, 1/4 pint of cream, salt and cayenne to taste.

Mode.—Flake the fish, and fry it of a nice brown colour with the butter and onions; put this in a stewpan, add the stock and thickening, and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir the curry-powder into the cream; put it, with the seasoning, to the other ingredients; give one boil, and serve.

Time.—3/4 hour. Average cost, with fresh fish, 3s.

Seasonable from November to March.

Sufficient for 4 persons.

THE FOOD OF THE COD.—This chiefly consists of the smaller species of the scaly tribes, shell-fish, crabs, and worms. Their voracity is very great, and they will bite at any small body they see moved by the water, even stones and pebbles, which are frequently found in their stomachs. They sometimes attain a great size, but their usual weight is from 14 to 40 lbs.

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