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Salt Herrings

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Salt Herrings

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Soak the herring in cold water for 24 hours, changing the water twice.

  2. Scale and clean the herring, then wash and dry them with a towel.

  3. Rub the herring with butter.

  4. Place the herring on a grill over a good fire.

  5. Cook until done and serve with a puree underneath.

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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