Herring to Pot

Ingredients

• a little salt
• put in cloves
• mace
• whole pepper
• cayenne
• nutmeg
• a % of a pint of sherry
• fill up the jar with vinegar, water

Method

1. 1

   Clean the herrings, cut off the heads, and lay them close in an earthen pot.

2. 2

   Strew a little salt between every layer; put in cloves, mace, whole pepper, cayenne, and nutmeg; fill up the jar with vinegar, water, and 1/2 pint of sherry, cover, tie down, bake in an oven, and when cold pot it for use.

3. 3

   A few anchovies and bay leaves intermixed will improve the flavour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 258. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HERRINGS, to Pot.— Clean, cut of the heads, and lay them close in an earthen pot. Strew a little salt be- tween every layer ; put in cloves, mace, whole pepper, cayenne, and nutmeg ; fill up the jar with vinegar, water, and a % of a pint of sherry

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