Perfect Fish-Balls

Ingredients

• Salt fish should be soaked for several hours
• The potatoes should be well boiled
• a small piece of butter
• Cayenne pepper
• a fresh egg
• a little sweet milk

Method

1. 1

   Soak salt fish in cold water, then boil until tender.

2. 2

   Boil potatoes until dry and mealy.

3. 3

   Mix equal parts of fish and potatoes with egg, butter, Cayenne, and milk.

4. 4

   Form into balls, dust with flour, and fry in boiling lard until brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking and castle-building (1880) by Emma P. Ewing, Marietta McPherson Greenough, page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

perfect fish-balls requires care and attention. Salt fish should be soaked for several hours in cold water, then boiled slowly until very tender. The potatoes should be well boiled, dry, and mealy. Take measure for measure of fish picked clean from skin and bones, and potatoes. Add a fresh egg, a small piece of butter, Cayenne pepper, and a little sweet milk

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