The Best Mode of Boiling Fish
Ingredients
Directions
Fill a pot with enough water to completely cover the fish.
Add a portion of coarse sea salt to the water.
Bring the water to a rapid boil.
Skim off any scum that forms on the surface.
Carefully add the fish to the boiling water.
Boil the fish moderately fast for 3 to 10 minutes, depending on its size.
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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