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To Boil Mackerel

Mackerel should be dressed within 48 hours of being caught to prevent spoilage.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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To Boil Mackerel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Clean the mackerel thoroughly, both inside and out.

  2. Wash the fish in a mixture of vinegar and water.

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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