Boiled White Fish

Ingredients

• Lay the fish open
• to one fish put two tablespoons salt
• a piece of butter the size of an egg
• one tablespoon of flour
• one-half pint boiling water
• three hard boiled eggs

Method

1. 1

   Lay the fish in a dripping pan with the back down, nearly cover with water, add salt, cover tightly, and simmer.

2. 2

   Dress with gravy, butter, and pepper; garnish with sliced eggs.

3. 3

   For sauce, boil butter, flour, and boiling water, then add sliced hard boiled eggs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new home cook book (1896), page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BOILED WHITE FISH. Mrs. Andrews. Lay the fish open ; put it in a dripping pan, with the back down; nearly cover with water; to one fish put two tablespoons salt ; cover tightly and simmer (not boil) one- half hour; dress with gravy, butter and pepper; garnish with sliced eggs. For sauce use a piece of butter the size of an egg, one tablespoon of flour, one-half pint boiling water ; boil a few minutes, and add three hard boiled eggs

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