To Fry Fish

Ingredients

• salt
• pepper
• Roll in corn-meal
• fry in hot lard

Method

1. 1

   Thoroughly cleanse and wash the fish; lay it in salt and water an hour or two; if it is large, cut it crosswise into nice-sized pieces for serving; leave the smaller ones whole.

2. 2

   Roll in corn-meal, and fry in hot lard to a nice brown.

3. 3

   Season while cooking with salt and pepper.

4. 4

   Put the fish on a dish, with a few sprigs of parsley over them.

5. 5

   If preferred, use cracker crumbs instead of the corn-meal.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Kentucky home cook book (1884) by Maysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South., page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO FRY FISH. Thoroughly cleanse and wash the fish ; lay it in salt and water an hour or two ; if it is large, cut it crosswise into nice-sized pieces for serving; leave the smaller ones whole. Roll in corn-meal, and fry in hot lard to a nice brown. Season while cooking with salt and pepper

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