Cod Sound as Chicken

Ingredients

• three large sounds
• a dozen chopped oysters
• three ounces of finely-grated breadcrumbs
• half a tea-spoonful of salt
• the same of white pepper
• a blade of mace pounded
• two chopped anchovies
• three ounces of butter
• the yolks of two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Soak and wash the cod sounds, boil in milk and water for half an hour, then cool and scrape off the skin.

2. 2

   Make a forcemeat with oysters, breadcrumbs, seasonings, and butter.

3. 3

   Spread over the sounds, truss them, dredge with flour, and cook in a Dutch oven, basting with butter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 394. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cod Sound as Chicken.— Soak and wash three large sounds (see Cod Sound, Boiled), and boil them in milk and water for half an hour. Scrape oft' the dark skin, and let them cool. Make a forcemeat with a dozen chopped oysters, three ounces of finely-grated bread- crumbs, half a tea-spoonful of salt, and the same of white pepper, a blade of mace pounded, two chopped anchovies, and three ounces of butter. Work all well together with the yolks of i two eg

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