Fish Balls

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw salt fish
• 1 egg well beaten
• 1 pint potatoes
• 1/2 saltspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon butter

Method

1. 1

   Shred the fish.

2. 2

   Pare and quarter potatoes.

3. 3

   Put fish and potatoes in stewpan and cover with boiling water.

4. 4

   Boil 25 minutes or till potatoes are soft.

5. 5

   Do not boil too long or they will be soggy.

6. 6

   Drain well.

7. 7

   Mash and beat till very light.

8. 8

   Add butter and pepper, and when slightly cool, the beaten egg.

9. 9

   Shape in a tablespoon and drop in a kettle of smoking hot fat.

10. 10

    Fry only a few at a time, or they will cool the fat.

11. 11

    Drain on brown paper.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A textbook of domestic science for high schools (1913) by Matilda G. Campbell, page 45. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fish Balls 1 c. raw salt fish 1 egg well beaten 1 pt. potatoes

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