Herrings, to marinate

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.
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Ingredients (12)
Instructions (18)
  1. Cut off the heads and tails of the herrings.
  2. Take out the roes and clean the herrings.
  3. Beat the Jamaica and common pepper fine.
  4. Mix the beaten pepper with the bay salt and common salt.
  5. Put some of this seasoning into the belly of each herring.
  6. Lay the seasoned herrings in rows in a pot.
  7. Strew some seasoning between every row.
  8. Add a bunch or two of thyme, parsley, and sage, and three or four bay-leaves between the rows.
  9. Cover the fish with good vinegar.
  10. Seal the pot with paste.
  11. Put the pot into the oven after the household bread is drawn.
  12. Let it remain in the oven all night.
  13. When the pot comes out of the oven, pour out all the liquor.
  14. Take out the herbs.
  15. Re-boil the liquor.
  16. Add as much more vinegar as will cover the herrings.
  17. Skim the liquor clean and strain it.
  18. When the liquor is cold, pour it over the herrings.
Original Text
Herrings, to marinate. Take a quarter of a hundred of herrings; cut off their heads and tails; take out the roes, and clean them; then take half an ounce of Jamaica and half an ounce of common pepper, an ounce of bay salt, and an ounce and a half of common salt; beat the pepper fine, mix it with the salt, and put some of this seasoning into the belly of each herring. Lay them in rows, and between every row strew some of the seasoning, and lay a bunch or two of thyme, parsley, and sage, and three or four bay-leaves. Cover your fish with good vinegar, and your pot with paste; put the pot into the oven after the household bread is drawn; let it remain all night; and, when it comes out of the oven, pour out all the liquor, take out the herbs; again boil up the liquor; add as much more vinegar as will cover the herrings, skim it clean, and strain it. When cold, pour it over your herrings.
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