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How to Boil Fish

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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How to Boil Fish

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring a pot of water to a rapid boil and add a handful or two of coarse sea salt.

  2. Add the prawns or shrimps to the boiling water; they will float to the surface when cooked.

  3. Remove the prawns or shrimps with a colander and drain the water.

  4. Place them on a dry towel and rub in a good amount of salt while they are still hot.

  5. Wrap the prawns or shrimps in the towel and let them cool completely.

  6. For cockles and mussels, place them in a stew pan over high heat without adding water.

  7. Cook until the shells open, indicating they are done.

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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