Photo: Gregor Moser
Ingredients
- a piece of cloth
- one small teaspoonful of vinegar
Directions
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1 We wash the fish and rub it over with a little vinegar.
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2 We sew it into a piece of cloth, fitting the shape as nearly as possible.
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3 We cover it with salted boiling water, in which put one small teaspoonful of vinegar.
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4 We let it boil ten minutes to every pound.
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5 We try it with a knitting-needle ; if it runs through easily it is done.
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6 We raise it from the pot by the cloth, and lay it on an inverted sieve.
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7 We prepare the platter to receive the fish by folding a napkin, the size of the fish, upon it.
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8 We rip open the cloth, and slip it on the platter prepared for it. Now it is finished.
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124 L£SSON EIGHTH.
By Huntington, Emily, 1841-1909 ·
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