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Dabs

The dab is a small but excellent fish, caught mostly in rivers near the sea. The Thames furnishes a particularly good kind, which when fried or dressed in buttered paper are very delicate. They are at their best during the latter part of autumn. If soaked in salt and water before being cooked they will be much improved in flavour, and the muddy taste got rid of. Send to table with a cut lemon.