Codfish Balls

Ingredients

• 1 cup salt codfish
• 3 cups potatoes
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. good dripping
• 1 tsp. pepper

Method

1. 1

   Wash the codfish well in cold water and cover it with warm water.

2. 2

   Then pick it apart, removing all bones, and put it into a saucepan.

3. 3

   Pare the potatoes, cut them in quarters, add them to the codfish and cover the whole with boiling water.

4. 4

   Boil until the potatoes are tender, then drain off the water, add the dripping and pepper, and mash and beat them in the pot until very light.

5. 5

   When slightly cooled mix in the well-beaten egg.

6. 6

   Drop by spoonfuls on a greased pan and brown in a very hot oven, or sauté with a little good bacon dripping.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Public school household science (1905) by Adelaide Hoodless, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 tsp. good dripping. I tsp. pepper. 109.— CODFISH BALLS. 1 cup salt codfish. 3 cups potatoes. 1 egg

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