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Boil Halibut

From The housekeeper's companion, 1883

Cold boiled halibut may be served the same as codfish.

Presented as published in 1883. 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 housekeeper's companion (1883), page 79. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boil Halibut. — Take a piece weighing four or five pounds, scrape the skin clean, dredge flour over it, and boil according to its weight — ten minutes to a pound. Serve with plain boiled potatoes, and drawn butter, or egg, or parsley sauce

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