Codfish Boiled Whole

Ingredients

• 1 gallon water
• 4 tablespoonfuls salt
• 3 fine-cut onions
• 1 carrot
• a bunch of parsley
• 2 sprigs of thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 cloves
• 12 whole peppers
• 1/2 pint white vinegar
• 6-pound codfish

Method

1. 1

   Boil water, add salt, onions, carrot, parsley, thyme, bay leaves, cloves, and peppers.

2. 2

   Boil for 30 minutes, strain stock.

3. 3

   Clean codfish, place in kettle, pour cold stock over, boil, then simmer until done.

4. 4

   Serve with boiled potatoes and sauce Hollandaise or oyster sauce, garnished with parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from European and American cuisine (1914) by Lemcke, Mrs. Gesine Knubel, page 120. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Codfish jboilod Whole.— Place a saucepan with 1 gallon water over the fire ; as soon as it boils, add 4 tablespoonfuls salt, 3 fine-cut onions, 1 carrot, a bunch of parsley tied together with 2 sprigs of thyme, 2 bay leaves, and 3 cloves ; add 12 whole peppers and Vt pii^t white vinegar, boil 30 minutes ; then strain the stock through a napkin, and set aside. Clean and wash a 6-pound cod- fi

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