German Marinade

Ingredients

• I pint vinegar
• I quart water
• A few bay leaves
• J oz. salt
• A small white onion, sliced
• ^ oz. butter
• I doz. pepper-corns
• I doz. allspice
• 3 cloves

Method

1. 1

   Boil vinegar, water, bay leaves, salt, onion, butter, pepper-corns, allspice, and cloves together for about a quarter of an hour.

2. 2

   Add half a stockfish, boil for another quarter hour, then let it cool in the spiced water mixture.

3. 3

   Serve with mayonnaise sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

German “ Marinade.”— Among my fish recipes I find the following, Mrs. Carl Becker’s, for a German “ Marinade ” for fish — I pint vinegar. I quart water. A few bay leaves. J oz. salt. A small white onion, sliced. ^ oz. butter. I doz. pepper-corns. I doz. allspice. 3 cloves

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