To dress a STURGEON

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Instructions (5)
  1. Wash the sturgeon clean.
  2. Lay it all night in salt and water.
  3. The next morning take it out, rub it well with allegar, and let it lie in it for two hours.
  4. Have ready a fish-kettle full of boiling water, with one ounce of bay salt, two large onions, and a few sprigs of sweet marjoram.
  5. Boil your sturgeon till the bones will leave the fish.
Original Text
To dress a STURGEON. TAKE what size of a piece of sturgeon you think proper, and wash it clean, lay it all night in salt and water, the next morning take it out, rub it well with allegar, and let it lie in it for two hours, then have ready a fish-kettle full of boil- ing water, with one ounce of bay salt, two large onions, and a few sprigs of sweet marjoram; boil your sturgeon till the bones will leave the fish,
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