Anchovy Toast

Ingredients

• the number of anchovies to be used
• some salad oil
• some slices of bread
• a little chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Clean and fillet the anchovies, chop or crush them, and warm with salad oil.

2. 2

   Cut bread into half-inch thick slices, toast on both sides, basting with oil.

3. 3

   Spread anchovy mixture over and sprinkle with parsley.

4. 4

   Place in a hot oven for a few minutes and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 65. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Anchovy Toast. Thoroughly cleanse and fillet the number of anchovies to be used, chop them small, or crush them with a silver knife. Put this into a small stewpan with some salad oil, warm slightly, and set it 'on one side. Cut some slices of bread, nearly half an inch thick, and trim to an even oblong shape; toast them on both sides on a grid- iron, basting with a brush dipped in oil. Spread the anchovy over, and sprinkle on all a little chopped parsley

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