To boil HERRINGS

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

herrings ↝ Fish, herring, Atlantic, raw [Finfish and Shellfish Products]
a little vinegar ↝ Vinegar [Mustard and other condiments]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
scraped horse-radish ↝ Radishes, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
butter for sauce ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (8)

Scale, gut, and wash your herrings.
Dry them clean and rub them over with a little vinegar and salt.
Skewer them with their tails in their mouths.
Lay them on your fish-plate.
When your water boils put them in.
They will take ten or twelve minutes boiling.
When you take them up, drain them over the water.
Then turn the heads into the middle of your dish, lay round them scraped horse-radish, parsley and butter for sauce.

Original Text

To boil HERRINGS.
SCALE, gut, and wash your herrings, dry
them clean and rub them over with a little
vinegar and salt, skewer them with their tails
in their mouths, lay them on your fish-plate,
when your water boils put them in, they will
take ten or twelve minutes boiling; when you
take them up, drain them over the water, then
turn the heads into the middle of your dish,
lay round them scraped horse-radish, parsley
and butter for sauce.

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