Mackarel, to souse

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (5)
fish
roes
brine
Instructions (3)
  1. Wash and clean your fish: take out the roes, and boil them in salt and water; when enough, take them out and lay them in the dish;
  2. pour away half the liquor they were boiled in, and add to the rest of the liquor as much vinegar as will cover them and two or three bay leaves.
  3. Let them lie three days before they are eaten.
Original Text
Mackarel, to souse. Wash and clean your fish: take out the roes, and boil them in salt and water; when enough, take them out and lay them in the dish; pour away half the liquor they were boiled in, and add to the rest of the liquor as much vinegar as will cover them and two or three bay leaves. Let them lie three days before they are eaten.
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