Dried Codfish

Ingredients

• Dried Codfish
• plenty of cold water
• a good bit of butter
• hard boiled eggs cut in slices

Method

1. 1

   Soak the codfish overnight.

2. 2

   Boil it gently for one hour.

3. 3

   Serve with egg sauce and garnish with hard boiled eggs and parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 77. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Dried Codfish. — This should always be laid in soak, at least one night before it is wanted; then take off the skin and put it in plenty of cold water; boil it gently (skimming it meanwhile) for one hour, or tie it in a cloth and boil it. Serve it with egg sauce; garnish with hard boiled eggs cut in slices, and sprigs of parsley. Serve plain boiled or mashed potatoes with it. Stewed Salt Cod. — Scald some soaked cod by putting it over the fire in boiling water for ten minutes; then scrape it white, pick it in flakes, and put it in a stewpan, with a table- spoonful of butter worked into the same of flour^ md as lift HOUSEHOLD. much milk as will moisten it; let it stew gently for ten minutes; add pepper to taste, and serve hot; put it in a deep dish, slice hard boiled eggs over it, and sprigs of parsley around the edge. This is a nice relish for breakfast, with coffee and tea, and rolls or toast. Codfish Cakes. — First boil soaked cod, then chop it fine, put to it an equal quantity of potatoes boiled and mashed; moisten it with beaten eggs or milk, and a bit of butter and a little pepper; form it in round small cakes, rather more than half an inch thick, flour the outside, and fry in hot butter or beef drippings until a delicate brown. Like fish, these must be fried gently, the lard being boiling hot when they are put in; when one side is done turn the other. Serve for breakfast. To Bake a Dish of Cold Boiled Cod. — Chop fine some cold boiled cod, put to it an equal quantity or more of boiled potatoes chopped and mashed; add a good bit of butter

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.