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Boiled Fish with Lemon Butter

From The encyclopædia of practical cookery, 1890

Serves 4

Presented as published in 1890. 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 encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 418. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a gallon saucepan, put in the fish, fill up the saucepan with water, and put it on the fire ; when it boils, put it on the side, and let it simmer for five minutes longer. Take out the fish, put it on a strainer to drain, place it on a dish, pour over ^lb. of butter, melted and mixed with the juice of a lemon, surround with a garnish of eight plain-boiled potatoes

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