Name: Superior Kippered Salmon
Ingredients: 1 whole salmon (about 20 pounds); coarse sea salt

Superior Kippered Salmon

Ingredients

1 whole salmon (about 20 pounds)
coarse sea salt

Directions

Choose a fresh, thick salmon with a small head and bright eyes.
Lay the fish on a table with its back facing you.
Using a sharp knife, cut from the nose down to within 2 inches of the tail, leaving the backbone bare.
Remove the roe and liver, and discard the gills and any waste.
Wipe the inside of the fish clean.
Sever the tissue along the length of the backbone with a penknife.

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.