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HADDOCK, BAKED (another way) (Wash the fish scrape off)

Wash the fish, scrape off the scales, and in emptying it, open it as little as possible. Sprinkle a little salt, and squeeze the juice of a large lemon upon it; let it stand two or three hours, turning it over once or twice during the time. Mix the finely-grated rind of half a lemon with two ounces of grated bread-crumbs, add half a salt-spoonful of salt, half a salt-spoonful of pepper, and a quarter of a small nutmeg. Wipe the fish quite dry, brush it over with beaten egg, and strew the seasoned crumbs upon it. Put it on a wire drainer in a dish, pour on it four ounces of clarified butter, and bake it in a moderate oven. Baste it two or three times during the process. Send the gravy from the fish to table with it. Time, from twenty minutes to half an hour to bake a moderate-sized fish. Sufficient for two or three persons. Probable cost of haddock, 9d. and upwards.