To Boil Fish
Ingredients
Directions
Fill a pot with enough water to cover the fish.
Bring the water to a boil.
Add a generous amount of coarse sea salt and a strong dash of vinegar.
Carefully place the fish in the boiling water.
Cook until the fish is done.
Remove the fish and serve.
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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