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Baked Sheepshead

Prepare the fish for cooking, gash the sides in several places, use salt and pepper freely. Mix with one pint of stale bread crumbs some finely chopped meat, thyme, some salt, cayenne pepper, the yolk of two or three eggs; mix the ingredients well together, then stuff the gashes and inside. Sprinkle well with flour and black pepper; place in a pan the proper size with one quart of water; bake fully two hours. Serve with any kind of sauce desired