Pickled Herrings
INGREDIENTS. - 12 salt herrings, 1 oz. of white pepper, 12 peppercorns, 8 shalots, 1 nutmeg, a few small onions, 1 pint of vinegar, some thyme and bay-leaves. AVERAGE COST, 2s.
Scale the herrings, take out the roes without cutting the fish more than absolutely necessary, then wash them thoroughly and lay them in milk for 2 days to draw out the salt. Bruise the seasoning, shalots and onions well together, and stuff the fish with part of the mixture; then place them in layers in an earthen jar, covering them PICKLES. with a layer of small onions, thyme and bay-leaves. Boil the vinegar, and stir the roes smooth in it, then pour over the fish.
SEASONABLE from August to March.