Planked Shad

Ingredients

• a heavy oak plank 18x24 inches in size, and about an inch thick
• the shad must be a perfectly fresh, solid and firm roe shad
• salt on both sides
• rub butter over when partly done

Method

1. 1

   Wash, wipe, salt the shad on both sides and lay on the board, skin side down.

2. 2

   Put the roes in their places and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.

3. 3

   If it does not brown easily, rub butter over when partly done.

4. 4

   The smoking of the wood in the oven adds to the flavor.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 213. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Planked Shad is very delicious. Take a heavy oak plank 18x24 inches in size, and about an inch thick. The shad must be a perfectly fresh, solid and firm roe shad ; wash, wipe, salt on both siaes and lay on board, skin side down j put the roes in their places, and bake from thirty to forty minutes. If it does not brown easily, rub butter over when partly done

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