Cold Fish Salad

Ingredients

• some cold boiled fish
• some raw onion
• a little salt
• some vinegar
• a few coriander seeds
• pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Layer cold boiled fish in a dish, add finely cut raw onion sprinkled with salt and soaked in hot water to remove raw taste.

2. 2

   Alternate layers of fish and onion, adding coriander seeds, pepper, and vinegar.

3. 3

   Let sit until the next day before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cold Fish Salad (Miss Breda’s old Dutch recipe). — A luncheon or supper dish. Take some cold boiled fish, put a layer of it in a pie-dish or salad-bowl, have ready some raw onion, finely cut, sprinkle a little salt over it, pour hot water on the same to take off the raw taste, and drain well immediately ; then put a layer of onion between each layer of fish, and also on the top, add a few coriander seeds, pepper and salt to taste, and some vinegar

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