(evaporated milk thinned)
salt and pepper
3-6 soda crackers, rolled
extra butter✪ Canned Salmon Souffle
Drain and shred salmon, removing any skin and bones. Melt
butter, add flour, stir smooth and add milk. Stir and cook until
thick; season, and let cool several hours, until so thick it can be
cut with a knife. Mix with shredded salmon, beating thoroughly
with a fork. Sprinkle with cracker crumbs, dot with butter, and
bake in moderate oven until brown, about 30 minutes.
HERRING POTATO CAKES
2 CUPS MASHED POTATOES
I TABLESPOON BUTTER
SALT AND PEPPER
I EGG, WELL BEATEN
PARSLEY SPRIGS
i smoked herring
(red preferred)
i hard cooked egg, minced
i tablespoon minced parsley
sifted bread crumbs✪ Herring Potato Cakes
Mash potatoes with butter, a little salt, pepper and part of the
beaten egg. Spread ^ inch thick on heavily floured board and cut
in rounds. Have herring already soaked in water 3 hours. Clean,
chop fine, and mix with hard cooked egg and minced parsley. Lay
some of mixture on half of each potato round, fold other half over,
lay in buttered baking pan, brush with remainder of egg, and scat-
ter crumbs over. Bake until brown. Serve garnished with parsley.
FISH IN EVERY FASHION 49
HOMEMADE PICKLED HERRING
1 DOZEN SALT HERRING 1 DOZEN PEPPERCORNS
4 ONIONS, SLICED THIN I TABLESPOON MUSTARD SEED
4 BAY LEAVES 3 SLICES LEMON
4 CLOVES I TABLESPOON SUGAR
VINEGAR✪ Homemade Pickled Herring
Select fish with a silvery sheen. Place in a deep bowl, cover with
plenty of water and leave 24 hours, changing water at least twice.
Then clean, saving the milt. Arrange fish in small earthenware jar
in layers, alternating with seasonings. Mash the milt to a cream
with a little vinegar; strain, add sugar, and then sufficient vinegar
to cover. The vinegar must not be too strong, and may be thinned
with water if necessary. Pour over the herring, cover the jar, and
let stand 2-4 days.
HERRING SALAD
l!he Salad The Dressing
3 HERRING (with THEIR MILTS OR I CUP MAYONNAISE
roe) ^2 CUP CREAM
2 COLD BOILED POTATOES, DICED I TABLESPOON SUGAR
2 CUPS COLD ROAST VEAL, DICED FRESHLY GROUND PEPPER
2 APPLES, DICED 1 TEASPOONS GERMAN MUSTARD
I ONION, CHOPPED FINE
3 DILL PICKLES, DICED
The Garnishing
]/2 CUP PICKLED BEETS, DICED 2 HARD-BOILED EGGS, QUARTERED
]/2 CUP WALNUTS, CHOPPED 12 BOILED SHRIMPS
I TABLESPOON VINEGAR I PICKLED BEET, SLICED
I DILL PICKLE, SLICED THIN✪ Herring Salad
Soak herring and milts in cold water for 3 hours, changing the
water every 30 minutes. Remove bones and skins, cut herrings into
cubes and place in salad bowl. Press milts through sieve with i
tablespoon vinegar. Mix in the diced veal, apples, onions, pickles,
beets, walnuts and potatoes. Then drench with the rich dressing,
mixing all together well, and serve with eggs, shrimps, pickle and
beet slices in decorative design.
50 MOST-FOR-YOUR-MONEY COOK BOOK
ROLL-MOPS
Let salt herring sweeten in milk overnight. Cut off the heads, split
them through the back, remove the bones. Chop some onions very
fine with a pinch of cloves and a pinch of mustard. Place a spoonful
of this mixture on the inner side of each half-herring and roll them
around half a dill pickle, fastening them with a toothpick used as a
skewer. Place them all in a dish and prepare a liquid of one part
water to three of vinegar. Boil and pour over the roll-mops. Add a
spoonful of oil✪ Roll-Mops and cover up. Let stand three days.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
(evaporated milk thinned) salt and pepper 3-6 soda crackers, rolled extra butter
Drain and shred salmon, removing any skin and bones. Melt butter, add flour, stir smooth and add milk. Stir and cook until thick; season, and let cool several hours, until so thick it can be cut with a knife. Mix with shredded salmon, beating thoroughly with a fork. Sprinkle with cracker crumbs, dot with butter, and bake in moderate oven until brown, about 30 minutes.
HERRING POTATO CAKES
2 CUPS MASHED POTATOES I TABLESPOON BUTTER I EGG, WELL BEATEN PARSLEY SPRIGS
i smoked herring (red preferred) i hard cooked egg, minced i tablespoon minced parsley sifted bread crumbs
Mash potatoes with butter, a little salt, pepper and part of the beaten egg. Spread ^ inch thick on heavily floured board and cut in rounds. Have herring already soaked in water 3 hours. Clean, chop fine, and mix with hard cooked egg and minced parsley. Lay some of mixture on half of each potato round, fold other half over, lay in buttered baking pan, brush with remainder of egg, and scatter crumbs over. Bake until brown. Serve garnished with parsley.
HOMEMADE PICKLED HERRING
1 DOZEN SALT HERRING 1 DOZEN PEPPERCORNS
4 ONIONS, SLICED THIN I TABLESPOON MUSTARD SEED
4 BAY LEAVES 3 SLICES LEMON
4 CLOVES I TABLESPOON SUGAR
VINEGAR
Select fish with a silvery sheen. Place in a deep bowl, cover with plenty of water and leave 24 hours, changing water at least twice. Then clean, saving the milt. Arrange fish in small earthenware jar in layers, alternating with seasonings. Mash the milt to a cream with a little vinegar; strain, add sugar, and then sufficient vinegar to cover. The vinegar must not be too strong, and may be thinned with water if necessary. Pour over the herring, cover the jar, and let stand 2-4 days.
HERRING SALAD
l!he Salad The Dressing
3 HERRING (with THEIR MILTS OR I CUP MAYONNAISE roe) ^2 CUP CREAM
2 COLD BOILED POTATOES, DICED I TABLESPOON SUGAR
2 CUPS COLD ROAST VEAL, DICED FRESHLY GROUND PEPPER
2 APPLES, DICED 1 TABLESPOON GERMAN MUSTARD I ONION, CHOPPED FINE
3 DILL PICKLES, DICED
The Garnishing
]/2 CUP PICKLED BEETS, DICED 2 HARD-BOILED EGGS, QUARTERED
]/2 CUP WALNUTS, CHOPPED 12 BOILED SHRIMPS
I TABLESPOON VINEGAR I PICKLED BEET, SLICED
I DILL PICKLE, SLICED THIN
Soak herring and milts in cold water for 3 hours, changing the water every 30 minutes. Remove bones and skins, cut herrings into cubes and place in salad bowl. Press milts through sieve with i tablespoon vinegar. Mix in the diced veal, apples, onions, pickles, beets, walnuts and potatoes. Then drench with the rich dressing, mixing all together well, and serve with eggs, shrimps, pickle and beet slices in decorative design.
ROLL-MOPS
Let salt herring sweeten in milk overnight. Cut off the heads, split them through the back, remove the bones. Chop some onions very fine with a pinch of cloves and a pinch of mustard. Place a spoonful of this mixture on the inner side of each half-herring and roll them around half a dill pickle, fastening them with a toothpick used as a skewer. Place them all in a dish and prepare a liquid of one part water to three of vinegar. Boil and pour over the roll-mops. Add a spoonful of oil and cover up. Let stand three days.
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