Planked Shad

Ingredients

• your fish
• a clean oak or hickory plank
• butter
• salt
• pepper

Method

1. 1

   Clean and split the fish, wash and dry.

2. 2

   Heat a plank in the oven, rub the fish with butter, salt, and pepper, and lay it on the hot plank.

3. 3

   Fasten with tacks and place in the oven, basting with butter until done.

4. 4

   Serve with melted butter and garnish with lemon and parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kirmess cook book (1907), page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLANKED SHAD. Table Talk. Have your fish cleaned and split down the back. Wash and wipe dry. Have ready a clean oak or hick- 78 KIRMESS COOK BOOK. ory plank, about two and one-half inches in thickness and of such a length that it will go easily into your oren. Set it in the oven until it is heated through. Bub your shad on both sides with an abundance of butter, and sprinkle with salt and pepper

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