Stewed Fish

Ingredients

• any kind of white fish
• a tablespoonful of flour
• a gill of milk
• a slice of butter

Method

1. 1

   Wash and dry the fish, cut into two-inch squares, and put into boiling water to cover.

2. 2

   Bring to a boil, then simmer gently for a few minutes.

3. 3

   Remove the fish and thicken the water with flour mixed with milk.

4. 4

   Stir until boiling, add butter, and boil for ten minutes.

5. 5

   Return the fish to heat and serve with vinegar and pepper.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The girl's own cookery book (1882) by Phillis Browne, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Fish. — Take any kind of white fish. Wash it quickly and dry it ; then cut it into two inch-squares. Put it into boiling water to cover it ; bring it to the boil, Cookery for the Poor. 1 3 f draw it back, and let it simmer gently for a few minutes, till it is done. Take up the fish and thicken the water in which it was boiled by adding to it a tablespoonful of flour, mi.xed smoothly with a gill of milk to each pint of water. Stir the sauce till it boils ; add a slice of butter

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