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Baked Shad

From The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf, 1896
Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Baked Shad. Pare and scale a small shad, place it on a well buttered deep baking-dish and season with one pinch of salt and one. half pinch of pepper, adding two finely-chopped shallots and one-half wineglassful of white wine. Cover the whole with a piece of buttered paper and cook in a moderate oven for twenty-five minutes. When done, pour the liquor into a saucepan, add one-half pint of German sauce, a pinch of finely- chopped chervil and a small quantity of spinach

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