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To Boil Plaice or Flounders

Contains saltpetre, which may pose food safety risks.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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To Boil Plaice or Flounders

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Empty and clean the fish thoroughly.

  2. Make a slit in the back of the fish.

  3. Place the fish in cold spring water.

  4. Add coarse sea salt and saltpetre in the same proportion as for cod fish.

  5. Bring the water to a boil, then let the fish simmer for 4 to 5 minutes, or longer if the fish is large, without breaking them.

  6. Serve with plain melted butter.

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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