Red-Herring Sandwiches

Ingredients

• a red Herring
• squeeze lemon-juice
• some rather thin slices of bread
• a few small sprigs of parsley

Method

1. 1

   Pare off the skin of a red Herring, cut off the fins and head, split it into halves, and lift out the backbone.

2. 2

   Cut into even-sized pieces, squeeze lemon-juice over, and leave for an hour or two.

3. 3

   Butter slices of bread, put fish on half, drop Worcestershire sauce, cover with another slice, cut into halves or fingers, arrange on a napkin, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 109. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Red-Herring Sandwiches. — Pare off the skin of a red Herring, and cut off the fins and head. Split it into halves, and lift the backbone out carefully. Cut the Herring into even-sized pieces, squeeze lemon-juice over, and leave them for an hour or two. Cut some rather thin slices of bread, butter them, put the fish on half of them, drop a little Worcestershire sauce on each, and cover with another slice of bread-and-butter ; cut the sandwiches into halves or fingers, arrange them on a folded napkin or an ornamental dish-paper placed on a dish, put a few small sprigs of parsley

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