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Conger Eel, Fried

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 3

Sufficient for four or five persons.

Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 405. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Conger Eel, Fried.— Cleanse the fisk thoroughly. Cut it into thick slices, and brush each shoe over with beaten e^^, then strew over them finely-grated bread-crumbs. Fry them in i^lcnty of hot lard or dripping till they are brightly browned on both sides, and the flesh loaves the bono easily. A\Tion sufficiently cooked, lay them on blotting-paper to take off the fat ; put them on a hot dish, squeeze the juice of a lemon over them

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