To Bake Shad

Ingredients

• a large-sized shad
• Half a pound of butter
• three-quarters of a pound of butter
• mashed potatoes
• chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Stuff the shad with mashed potatoes and chopped parsley.

2. 2

   Lay it in the oven on a buttered pan, baste with butter, adding more as needed.

3. 3

   Use half or three-quarters of a pound of butter for a large shad.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 265. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Bake Shad. — It should be stuffed with mashed potatoes and chopped parsley. Lay it in the oven on a pan which is well covered with butter chopped in pieces ; baste the fish with butter, and add fresh quantities as fast as it is absorbed. Half or three-quarters of a pound of butter should be used for a large-sized shad

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