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Brine for Boiling Fish

A brine solution for boiling fish, made with water and salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Brine for Boiling Fish

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring 1 gallon of water to a boil.

  2. Add 4 ounces of fine common salt for small fish.

  3. For larger fish like cod, lobsters, and crabs, use 5-6 ounces of salt.

  4. For salmon, use 8 ounces of salt.

  5. Skim the surface of the water to remove any scum that forms.

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

Fine common salt
Seasons the fish and firms its flesh, with the amount adjusted to the type of fish.

“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.

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