To Fry a Shad
From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884
Serves 2
Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
To Fry a Shad. Clean the fish as directed above ; split it, and cut into pieces of a size to be laid upon a person's plate ; after cleaning, drain and wipe dry ; then flour each piece on both sides ; drop them into a pan, with plenty of boiling lard
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