To Boil a Fish

Ingredients

• the prepared fish
• dredge the prepared fish lightly with flour
• slightly salted

Method

1. 1

   Wrap the prepared fish in a cloth and put in a kettle of slightly salted boiling water.

2. 2

   A medium-sized fish will boil in about half an hour.

3. 3

   When cooked, the flesh will flake easily.

4. 4

   Remove from the kettle, drain, and serve on a hot platter garnished with lemon and parsley, with drawn butter or fish sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of cookery (1899) by Emma P. Ewing, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Boil a Fish. — Dredge the prepared fish lightly with flour, wrap and secure firmly in a cloth, put in a kettle, and cook in slightly salted

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