Boiled Flounders

Ingredients

• a flounder
• half an ounce of saltpetre
• four ounces of salt
• sufficient water to cover

Method

1. 1

   Clean and wash the flounder, make a sharp cut nearly to the bone down the back.

2. 2

   Put it into a fish kettle with sufficient water to cover, add saltpetre and salt, and simmer gently for six minutes or longer, according to the size of the fish.

3. 3

   Take it out carefully, spread on a napkin, and serve with melted butter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Flou nders. Clean and wash a flounder, make a sharp cut nearly to the bone down the back, put it into a fishkettle with sufficient water to cover, add half an ounce of saltpetre and four ounces of salt

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