Planked Smelts

Ingredients

• Butter a hickory or oak fish plank quite generously
• the cleaned and seasoned smelts
• put plank in oven

Method

1. 1

   Butter the fish plank and place seasoned smelts on it.

2. 2

   Arrange smelts in the shape of a large fish, add butter, and garnish with mashed potato roses.

3. 3

   Bake until potatoes are browned.

4. 4

   Serve with sliced cucumbers and tomatoes dressed with oil and vinegar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from High living (1904) by Linie Loyall McLaren,, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLANKED SMELTS — Butter a hickory or oak fish plank quite generously; place the cleaned and seasoned smelts, upon which lemon juice has been squeezed, on the plank; arrange the smelts in the form of a large fish, and put plenty of butter on them ; garnish with mashed potato roses (made with pastry bag and tube), sprinkled with bits of butter and finely chopped parsley ; put plank in oven

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