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Broiled Shad a la Maitre d'Hotel

From French dishes for American tables, 1886

Other broiling fish can be served similarly.

Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from French dishes for American tables (1886) by Caron, Pierre, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Broiled Shad a la Maitre d'Hotel. Clean a shad, without removing the skin, split it in two, and put the roes on a buttered pan, which send to the oven until brown. Then broil the shad, and when done put it on a dish together with the roes. Melt an ounce of butter, in which put a little salt and pepper, a little chopped parsley, and the juice of a lemon

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