Boiled Marinaded Mackerel

Ingredients

• a dozen mackerel
• half a teacupful of vinegar
• three small onions
• a bunch of sweet herbs
• eight cloves
• pepper and salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Put enough weak broth in a fish kettle fitted with a drainer to cover a dozen mackerel, add three small onions, a bunch of sweet herbs, half a teacupful of vinegar, eight cloves with pepper and salt to taste, boil all together for one hour; then put them in the fish and cook.

2. 2

   When it is done take the fish out carefully on the drainer, being careful not to break them and put one by one on a hot dish.

3. 3

   Strain the liquor in which they were cooked, put in some parsley and hard boiled eggs to thicken it, mix in some white gravy sauce, turn it into a sauceboat and serve with the fish.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Marinaded Mackerel. Put enough weak broth in a fishkettle fitted with a drainer to cover a dozen mackerel, add three small onions, a bunch of sweet herbs, half a teacupful of vineg^, eight cloves with pepper and salt to taste

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