Perch in Water Sokey

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

fish

your perch ↝ Fish, ocean perch, Atlantic, raw [Finfish and Shellfish Products]

boiling liquid

salt in your water ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
an onion cut in slices, you must separate it into round rings ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a handful of parsley picked and washed clean ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
as much milk as will turn the water white ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

serving

butter and parsley in a boat ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
butter and parsley in a boat ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]

Instructions (9)

Scale, gut, and wash your perch.
Put salt in your water.
When the water boils, put in the fish, with an onion cut in slices (separated into round rings), and a handful of parsley (picked and washed clean).
Add enough milk to turn the water white.
When your fish are cooked enough, put them in a soup dish.
Pour a little of the cooking water over them with the parsley and the onions.
Serve them up with butter and parsley in a boat.
Onions may be omitted if you please.

Variations

You may boil trout the same way.

Original Text

To dress PERCH in WATER SOKEY.
SCALE, gut, and wash your perch, put salt
in your water, when it boils put in the fish,
with an onion cut in slices, you must separate
it into round rings, a handful of parsley picked
and washed clean, put in as much milk as will
turn the water white, when your fish are enough,
put them in a soup dish, and pour a little of the
water over them with the parsley and the onions,
then serve them up with butter and parsley in a
boat, onions may be omitted if you please.
You may boil trout the same way.

Notes

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