Baked Fish

Ingredients

• a 2 or 3 pound fish
• Grated bread 1 pint
• Melted butter 2 tablespoonfuls
• Raw eggs 1
• Onions 1 (chopped fine)
• Pepper to taste
• salt to taste
• A little celery

Method

1. 1

   Scale, wash, and wipe dry the fish.

2. 2

   Make a stuffing with grated bread, melted butter, pepper, salt, raw egg, and celery.

3. 3

   Tie thin slices of salt pork over the fish, fill a dripping-pan with hot water, place the fish on a gridiron over the pan, cover with another pan, and bake until the pork is shriveled, then remove the upper pan to allow the fish to brown.

4. 4

   Bake for an hour and a half.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BAKED FISH. Scale, wash and wipe dry inside and out a 2 or 3 pound fish. Make a stuffing as follows : Grated bread i pint. Melted butter 2 table-spoonfuls. Pepper and salt to taste. Raw eggs i. A little celery. COOKING DIVISION. 24 1 Onions i (chopped fine

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.