Time— 10 Minutes,
Flake up the fish free from skin and bone, mash the
jwtatoes and mix them together ; season with half the
parsley, pepper and salt. Mince the bacon and onion
veiy finely; put them into a frying pan with the butter
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and fry for a few minutes. Stir in the fish and potatoes
and turn about until thoroughly hot through. Pour over
the gravy or milk and again make thoroughly hot. Heap
on to a dish, and garnish with the rest of the parsley.
Serve very hot.
FISH BALLS.
\ lb. Cold Fish .
1 gill Thick Sauce .
1 teaspoonful Anchovy
\ pint Melted Butter .
2 oz. Fat Bacon✪ Fish au Gratin
1 teaspoonful Parsley
1 Egg and Pepper and Salt
Total Cost— 10c?. Time— 10 Minutes.
Chop the fish, bacon, and parsley finely, and mix them
together with the seasoning. Make a thick sauce with
1 gill water, 1 oz. flour, and 1 oz. butter ; flavour with
anchovy and stir the fish in. Simmer for a few minutes,
stir in the yolk of the egg, and turn on to a plate to
cool. Make up into small balls, fill a frying pan with
boiling water, put in the balls. Cover over and simmer
gently for ten minutes. Dish the balls in a circle and
pour over the melted butter, which has been nicely
flavoured with anchovy ; garnish with parsley, and serve.
FISH 1 LA CK^HIE.
4 Whiting or Schnapper .
1 gill Milk
1 oz. Butter
\ oz. Flour, and Lemon Juice
Pepper and Salt
Total Cost— 15. 2d.
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Time — One Hour.
Fillet the fish, wash the bones, and put them into
half a pint of white stock, and boil them for half an hour.
Strain out and mix with 1 gill of milk. Wash the fillets
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and roll them up, stand them in a stewpan and cook them
in this liquor, covering them with a piece of buttered
paper ; they will take about 20 minutes.
Dish them carefully, strain the liquor, and make a sauce
of it with the butter and flour by directions given. Season
and flavour this and pour it over the fillets ; garnish
with chopped parsley and red bread crumbs, and serve hot.
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FILLETS OF FISH AND CHEESE SAUCE.
3 Mullet or Bream . . . . \s.
\ pint Cheese Sauce .... 4c?.
1 oz. Dry Cheese
1 oz. Eutter
Lemou Juice
Salt and Pepper
Total Cost— Is. 5\d. Time— 25 Minutes.
Fillet the fish, wash and dry them ; put them on to a
baking sheet, sprinkle with lemon juice. Put a few little
pieces of butter over them ; cover with buttered paper and
bake from 20 minutes to half an hour, according to the
thickness of the fillets. Place them carefully on the dish
in which they are to be served, pour over them the cheese
sauce nicely flavoured with pepper, salt, and parsley.
Sprinkle over them some dry cheese, brown in front of
the fire, or under the grill if using a gas stove, and serve
hot.
COLLARED EELS.
2 Eels Is. 5c?.
iEgg If?.
\ oz. Gelatine \^d.
1 fagot of Herbs
1 Onion . . .- .
1 Carrot \ Id.
1 spoonful Vinegar .
Pepper and Salt✪ Collared Eels
Total Cost— Is. 81c/. Time— One Hour and a Half.
Clean the eels, cut them into pieces 2 inches long ;
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Time— 10 Minutes,
Flake up the fish free from skin and bone, mash the potatoes and mix them together ; season with half the parsley, pepper and salt. Mince the bacon and onion very finely; put them into a frying pan with the butter
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and fry for a few minutes. Stir in the fish and potatoes and turn about until thoroughly hot through. Pour over the gravy or milk and again make thoroughly hot. Heap on to a dish, and garnish with the rest of the parsley. Serve very hot.
FISH BALLS.
\ lb. Cold Fish .
1 gill Thick Sauce .
1 teaspoonful Anchovy \ pint Melted Butter .
2 oz. Fat Bacon 1 teaspoonful Parsley 1 Egg and Pepper and Salt
Total Cost— 10c?. Time— 10 Minutes.
Chop the fish, bacon, and parsley finely, and mix them together with the seasoning. Make a thick sauce with 1 gill water, 1 oz. flour, and 1 oz. butter ; flavour with anchovy and stir the fish in. Simmer for a few minutes, stir in the yolk of the egg, and turn on to a plate to cool. Make up into small balls, fill a frying pan with boiling water, put in the balls. Cover over and simmer gently for ten minutes. Dish the balls in a circle and pour over the melted butter, which has been nicely flavoured with anchovy ; garnish with parsley, and serve.
FISH À LA CREVETTE.
4 Whiting or Schnapper .
1 gill Milk
1 oz. Butter
\ oz. Flour, and Lemon Juice
Pepper and Salt
Total Cost— 15. 2d.
\d.
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Time — One Hour.
Fillet the fish, wash the bones, and put them into half a pint of white stock, and boil them for half an hour. Strain out and mix with 1 gill of milk. Wash the fillets
and roll them up, stand them in a stewpan and cook them in this liquor, covering them with a piece of buttered paper ; they will take about 20 minutes.
Dish them carefully, strain the liquor, and make a sauce of it with the butter and flour by directions given. Season and flavour this and pour it over the fillets ; garnish with chopped parsley and red bread crumbs, and serve hot.
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FILLETS OF FISH AND CHEESE SAUCE.
3 Mullet or Bream . . . . \s. \ pint Cheese Sauce .... 4c?. 1 oz. Dry Cheese 1 oz. Butter Lemon Juice Salt and Pepper Total Cost— Is. 5\d. Time— 25 Minutes.
Fillet the fish, wash and dry them ; put them on to a baking sheet, sprinkle with lemon juice. Put a few little pieces of butter over them ; cover with buttered paper and bake from 20 minutes to half an hour, according to the thickness of the fillets. Place them carefully on the dish in which they are to be served, pour over them the cheese sauce nicely flavoured with pepper, salt, and parsley. Sprinkle over them some dry cheese, brown in front of the fire, or under the grill if using a gas stove, and serve hot.
COLLARED EELS. 2 Eels Is. 5c?.
iEgg If?.
\ oz. Gelatine \^d.
1 fagot of Herbs
1 Onion . . .- .
1 Carrot \ Id.
1 spoonful Vinegar . Pepper and Salt Total Cost— Is. 81c/. Time— One Hour and a Half.
Clean the eels, cut them into pieces 2 inches long ;
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