Codfish Balls

Ingredients

• 1 pint of raw salt fish
• two heaping pints of pared and sliced potatoes
• butter size of an egg
• two well beaten eggs

Method

1. 1

   Pick the fish very fine.

2. 2

   Boil the potatoes and mash them together with the fish until fine and light.

3. 3

   Add butter, pepper, and beaten eggs.

4. 4

   Shape into balls and drop into rapidly boiling fat.

5. 5

   Do not crowd the balls and drain when done.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Royal baker and pastry cook (1913) by Royal Baking Powder Company, page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Codfish Balls. — 1 pint of raw salt fish picked very fine, two heaping pints of pared and sliced potatoes. Put the potatoes in the saucepan, the fish on top, and cover with boil¬ ing water; boil half an hour, drain off the water and mash fish and potatoes together until fine and light, add butter size of an egg, pepper and two well beaten eggs

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