Herring Potato Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 CUPS MASHED POTATOES
• I TABLESPOON BUTTER
• SALT AND PEPPER
• I EGG, WELL BEATEN
• PARSLEY SPRIGS
• i smoked herring (red preferred)
• i hard cooked egg, minced
• i tablespoon minced parsley
• sifted bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Mash potatoes with butter, a little salt, pepper and part of the beaten egg.

2. 2

   Spread ½ inch thick on heavily floured board and cut in rounds.

3. 3

   Have herring already soaked in water 3 hours.

4. 4

   Clean, chop fine, and mix with hard cooked egg and minced parsley.

5. 5

   Lay some of mixture on half of each potato round, fold other half over, lay in buttered baking pan, brush with remainder of egg, and scatter crumbs over.

6. 6

   Bake until brown.

7. 7

   Serve garnished with parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Most for your money cookbook (1938) by Cora Lovisa Brackett Brown, Cora Brown, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HERRING POTATO CAKES 2 CUPS MASHED POTATOES I TABLESPOON BUTTER SALT AND PEPPER I EGG, WELL BEATEN PARSLEY SPRIGS i smoked herring (red preferred) i hard cooked egg, minced i tablespoon minced parsley sifted bread crumbs

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