Low Cost Recipes

Feeding a family well on little, 1914 - soups to cakes, with every left-over accounted for.

Fish

10 recipes in this part of Low Cost Recipes.

Baked Fish

Have the fish opened and drawn through the gills. Make a stuffing with I cupful of bread crumbs, I tablespoonful of melted butter, 1/2…

Boiled Fish

Wash well in cold water; wipe and rub with salt. Wrap in a cloth, drop in a long kettle partly filled with boiling water. Add I bay leaf, I…

Fried Fish

For small fish or fish steaks wash and wipe thoroughly. Dip each piece into slightly beaten raw egg then roll in corn-meal or fine stale…

Steamed Fish

Wash and wipe a thick piece of fish-if cod, several pounds from the middle or tail end. Any firm-fleshed, thick variety can be used.

Fish Casserole

Remove the skin and bones from 1/2 pound of cooked fish and break the fish into small pieces. Rub 14 pound of mashed potatoes through a…

Creamed Fish in Pepper Shells

Any cooked fish may be used as the foundation. The peppers give their pleasant seasoning to the filling as well as make a very dainty case…

Salmon Loaf

Salmon loaf, when made with care, is really a high class dish and does not deserve the sneers sometimes accorded it. For this open I pound…

Boiled Salt Cod

Select a piece from the middle of the fish weighing a pound or two. Wash, cover with cold water and soak over night. Put in a kettle of…

Codfish Cakes

Delightful fish cakes are made by soaking and shredding the fish. Cover it with cold water, heat to the scalding point and drain. Repeat…

Codfish à la Creole

As a sauce for codfish à la creole, stew together for half an hour I can of tomatoes, I pint of boiling water, I teaspoonful of salt, I…

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