Boiled Salted Cod with Egg Sauce

Ingredients

• one pound of freshly-salted cod
• one teaspoonful of corn meal
• one cupful of milk
• half a pound of mashed potatoes
• two ounces of butter
• one dessertspoonful of chopped parsley
• two beaten eggs
• one pint of melted butter sauce

Method

1. 1

   Chop fine one pound of freshly-salted cod that has been soaked, boiled, and allowed to get cold.

2. 2

   Mix one teaspoonful of corn meal with one cupful of milk, and stir on the fire till it thickens, then add half a pound of mashed potatoes rubbed through a sieve, two ounces of butter, one dessertspoonful of chopped parsley, two beaten eggs and pepper to taste.

3. 3

   Boil two eggs for ten minutes, cut them into large dice, and put in one pint of melted butter sauce.

4. 4

   When the fish is done pour this over it and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Salted Cod with Egg Sauce. Chop fine one pound of freshly-salted cod that has been soaked, boiled, and allowed to get cold. Mix one teaspooiiful of corn meal with one cupful of milk, and stir on the fire till it thickens, then add half a pound of mashed potatoes rubbed through a sieve, two ounces of butter, one dessertspoonful of chopped parsley, two beaten eggs and pepper to taste. (2.) Boil two eggs for ten minutes, cut them into large dice, and put in one pint of melted butter sauce

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