Baked Fish

Ingredients

• After cleaning the fish thoroughly
• let it stand in salt water for 2 or 3 hours
• one tablespoonful of butter
• a small onion chopped fine
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Rub it well, inside and out, with pepper.

2. 2

   Make a dressing of bread crumbs, one tablespoonful of butter, a small onion chopped fine, pepper, and salt to taste.

3. 3

   Stuff the fish with this dressing and tie or sew up.

4. 4

   Put it in a pan with a little water.

5. 5

   Sprinkle with flour, adding a small piece of butter.

6. 6

   Bake slowly for 1 hour.

7. 7

   Garnish with hard boiled eggs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pepper to taste. Grind about three or four pieces of liver, two eggs, season with salt and pepper, y2 teaspoon baking powder and enough flour to make a stiff dough. Drop in dumplings by spoon and boil for y2 hour longer. MRS. A. WALTER. — 18 — Oysters and rish At Little Pigs in Blankets. Take large oysters and around each oyster wrap a thin slice of bacon, securing with wooden tooth picks. Season with salt, pepper, and a little butter. Bake in oven for half hour and serve very hot on toast with celery and garnish the platter with slices of lemon. MRS. F. L. FREY. Fish a la Creole. To a 4 — 5 lb Red fish ; 2 lb can strained tomatoes ; 1 medium size onion; salt and pepper to taste; % lb butter; cup soup stock or water; 1 cup cracker crumbs. Start frying the fish in the butter, cover with crumbs, with onion, tomato and seasoning, bake 4§ minutes or 1 hour. MRS. FRITZ KNUST. Salmon Croquettes. 1 can salmon; 4 medium sized Irish potatoes; 2 eggs. After draining the salmon and removing the bones and skins; mix with the potatoes previously boiled and mashed. Add the well-beaten eggs, and pepper and salt to taste. Make out in balls and fry in hot lard. Serve with tomato sauce. Simmer one-half can tomatoes, one chopped onion, y2 teaspoon salt, % teaspoon pepper, together about ten minutes. Rub through a sieve. Cook together one — 19 — tablespoon each of flour and butter, and add the tomatoes, gradually cook until as thick as desired. JULIA ESTILL. Baked Fish. After cleaning the fish thoroughly let it stand in salt water for 2 or 3 hours. Rub it well, inside and out, with pepper. Make a dressing of bread crumbs, one tablespoonful of butter, a small onion chopped fine, pepper and salt to taste

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