Stewed Fish

Ingredients

• Cut the fish in small pieces
• 1 pint of water
• one onion (sliced)
• add 1 cup water
• the juice of 1/2 a lemon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• a saltspoon of pepper
• a sprig of parsley or other herbs
• 1 teaspoon of butter
• 1 large teaspoon of flour

Method

1. 1

   Sprinkle salt on the fish pieces.

2. 2

   Boil the sliced onion in 1 pint of water, then pour off the water.

3. 3

   Add 1 cup of water, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and herbs.

4. 4

   Boil the fish in this mixture until done.

5. 5

   Rub butter and flour together to cream, then thicken the gravy with it.

6. 6

   Serve very hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED FISH. Cut the fish in small pieces and sprinkle on salt; then in | pint of water boil one onion (sliced) and when cooked, pour off the water; then add 1 cup water, the juice of | a lemon, | teaspoon salt, a salt= spoon of pepper, and a sprig of parsley or other herbs. Boil the fish in this till done, and serve very hot. Eub to a cream 1 teaspoon of butter and 1 large teaspoon of flour

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