Boiled Codfish - Salt

Ingredients

• two pounds of codfish
• egg sauce
• cold boiled eggs sliced

Method

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   Soak two pounds of codfish in lukewarm water over night or for several hours; change the water several times; about one hour before dinner put this into cold fresh water, and set over the fire; let it come to a boil, or just simmer, for fifteen minutes but not to boil hard, then take out of the water, drain and serve with egg sauce, or with cold boiled eggs sliced and laid over it, with a drawn butter or cream gravy poured over all.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new home cook book (1896), page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BOILED CODFISH—SALT. Soak two pounds of codfish in lukewarm water over night or for several hours ; change the water several times ; about one hour before dinner put this into cold VALUABLE RECIPES. 77 fresh water, and set over the fire ; let it come to a boil, or just simmer, for fifteen minutes but not to boil hard, then take out of the water, drain and serve with egg sauce, or with cold boiled eggs sliced

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