Fish Croquettes

Ingredients

• One pint of cold, flaked fish
• One pint of hot mashed potatoes
• One table-spoonful of butter
• One-half cupful of hot milk
• One egg, well beaten
• One-third tea-spoonful of pepper
• One tea-spoonful of salt
• One-half tea-spoonful of chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Mix the fish with the potatoes, and afterward add all the other ingredients, putting the butter into the hot potatoes to melt.

2. 2

   Mix all thoroughly, and set away to cool.

3. 3

   When cold, shape into balls, dip them into beaten egg, and roll in cracker-crumbs or fine bread-crumbs.

4. 4

   Just before serving time, place the croquettes in a frying basket, and plunge them in boiling fat.

5. 5

   Cook for two minutes, drain well, and serve at once.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FISH CROQUETTES. One pint of cold, flaked fish. One pint of hot mashed potatoes. One table-spoonful of butter. One-half cupful of hot milk- 1 14 THE PA TTERN COOK-BOOK. One egg, well beaten. One-third tea-spoonful of pepper. One tea-spoonful of salt. One-half tea-spoonful of chopped parsley

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