Second way to dress a Cod's HEAD

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Time
Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (6)
  1. TAKE out the gills and blood clean from the back-bone, wash it well, and put it on your plate;
  2. when your water boils, put on two handfuls of salt, and half a pint of allegar, it will make your fish firmer, then put in the cod's head;
  3. if it is of a middle size it will take an hour's boiling;
  4. then take it up, and strip off the skin gently, dredge it well with flour, and lay lumps of butter on it;
  5. if it suits you better, you may send it to the oven, and if it is not brown all over, do it with a salamander:
  6. make your gravy sauce to it, and serve it up.
Original Text
Second way to dress a Cod's HEAD. TAKE out the gills and blood clean from the back-bone, wash it well, and put it on your plate; when your water boils, put on two handfuls of salt, and half a pint of allegar, it will make your fish firmer, then put in the cod's head; if it is of a middle size it will take an hour's boiling; then take it up, and strip off the skin gently, dredge it well with flour, and lay lumps of butter on it; if it suits you better, you may send it to the oven, and if it is not brown all over, do it with a salamander: make your gravy sauce to it, and serve it up.
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