Name: Fried Cod Garnished with Med Oysters
Ingredients: 1 lb fried cod; 1 dozen Med oysters; salt to taste

Fried Cod Garnished with Med Oysters

Ingredients

1 lb fried cod
1 dozen Med oysters
salt to taste

Directions

Fry the cod until golden brown.
Remove the gills from the oysters.
Garnish the fried cod with the prepared oysters.
Serve hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Cod: Forms the main body of the dish; frying gives it a golden, crisp exterior.
Oysters: Adds a briny, savoury flavour as a garnish on the fried cod.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.