PICKLED MACKEREL

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 10 min Total: 10 min
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (5)
  1. Boil the mackerel as in the recipe No. 282, and lay them in a dish.
  2. Take half the liquor they were boiled in.
  3. Add as much vinegar, peppercorns, and bay-leaves.
  4. Boil for 10 minutes.
  5. When cold, pour over the fish.
Original Text
PICKLED MACKEREL. 283. INGREDIENTS.—12 peppercorns, 2 bay-leaves, 1/2 pint of vinegar, 4 mackerel. Mode.—Boil the mackerel as in the recipe No. 282, and lay them in a dish; take half the liquor they were boiled in; add as much vinegar, peppercorns, and bay-leaves; boil for 10 minutes, and when cold, pour over the fish. Time.—1/2 hour. Average cost, 1s. 6d. MACKEREL GARUM.—This brine, so greatly esteemed by the ancients, was manufactured from various kinds of fishes. When mackerel was employed, a few of them were placed in a small vase, with a large quantity of salt, which was well stirred, and then left to settle for some hours. On the following day, this was put into an earthen pot, which was uncovered, and placed in a situation to get the rays of the sun. At the end of two or three months, it was hermetically sealed, after having had added to it a quantity of old wine, equal to one third of the mixture.
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