The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

Baked Fish

45 recipes in this part of The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

Hollenden Halibut

Arrange six thin slices fat salt pork two and one-half inches square in a dripping-pan. Cover with one small onion, thinly sliced, and add…

Baked Mackerel

Split fish, clean, and remove head and tail. Put in buttered dripping-pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dot over with butter…

Planked Shad with Creamed Roe

Select a roe shad and prepare same as Planked Shad. Parboil roe in salted, acidulated water twenty minutes. Remove outside membrane, and…

Planked Haddock

Skin and bone a haddock, leaving meat in two fillets. Remove to buttered plank, sprinkle with salt and pepper, brush over with melted…

Baked Stuffed Smelts

Clean and wipe as dry as possible twelve selected smelts. Stuff, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and brush over with lemon juice. Place in…

Smelts à la Langtry

Split and bone eight selected smelts. Cut off tails, and from tail ends of fish turn meat over one inch onto flesh side. Sprinkle with salt…

Halibut à la Poulette

A slice of halibut, weighing 1½ lbs. 1/4 cup melted butter 1/8 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons lemon juice Few drops onion juice 14 teaspoon…

Halibut à la Martin

Clean two slices chicken halibut and cut into eight fillets. Season with salt, brush over with lemon juice and roll. Arrange on a tin plate…

Halibut à la Rarebit

Sprinkle two small slices halibut with salt, pepper, and lemon juice; then brush over with melted butter, place in dripping-pan on greased…

Sandwiches of Chicken Halibut

Cut chicken halibut in thin fillets. Put together in pairs, with Fish or Chicken Force-meat between, first dipping fillets in melted butter…

Sole à la Bercy

Skin and bone two large flounders, and cut into eight fillets. Put into a buttered pan, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, and…

Halibut au Lit

Wipe two slices chicken halibut, each weighing threefourths pound. Cut one piece in eight fillets, sprinkle with salt and lemon juice, roll…

Fried Fish

of halibut. The mushroom caps on fillets should be cooked in sauce until soft.

Fried Cod Steaks

Clean steaks, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dip in granulated corn meal. Try out slices of fat salt pork in frying-pan, remove scraps…

Fried Smelts

Clean smelts, leaving on heads and tails. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip in flour, egg, and crumbs, and fry three to four minutes in…

Fried Eels

Clean eels, cut in two-inch pieces, and parboil eight minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip in corn meal, and sauté in pork fat.

Fried Stuffed Smelts

Smelts are stuffed as for Baked Stuffed Smelts, dipped in crumbs, egg, and crumbs, fried in deep fat, and served with Sauce Tartare.

Fried Shad Roe

Parboil and cook shad roe as for Baked Shad Roe. Cut in pieces, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and brush over with lemon juice. Dip in…

Terrapin (Back and with a pointed knife)

back, and with a pointed knife remove the small piece at lower part of shell, which terminates in a point; this is called the apron.

Frogs' Hind Legs

Trim and clean. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip in crumbs, egg, and crumbs again, then fry three minutes in deep fat, and drain.

Terrapin (To prepare terrapin)

To prepare terrapin for cooking, plunge into boiling water and boil five minutes. Lift out of water with skimmer, and remove skin from feet…

Cayenne (Tablespoons butter Salt)

1½ tablespoons butter Salt and pepper Yolks 2 eggs To stock and wine add terrapin meat, with bones cut in pieces and entrails cut in…

Terrapin à la Maryland

Add to Terrapin à la Baltimore one tablespoon each butter and flour creamed together, one-half cup cream, yolks two eggs slightly beaten…

Washington Terrapin

/ 1 terrapin 1½ tablespoons butter 1½ tablespoons flour 1 cup cream 1½ cup chopped mushrooms

Salt (Few grains cayenne eggs)

Few grains cayenne 2 eggs 2 tablespoons Sherry wine Melt the butter, add flour, and pour on slowly the cream. Add terrapin meat with bones…

Turban of Fish

21½ cups cold flaked fish (cod, haddock, halibut, or cusk) 1½ cups milk 1 slice onion Blade of mace Sprig of parsley 14 cup butter 1/4 cup…

Fish Hash

Take equal parts of cold flaked fish and cold boiled potatoes finely chopped. Season with salt and pepper. Try out fat salt pork, remove…

Fish Croquettes (To one and one-half cups cold)

To one and one-half cups cold flaked halibut or salmon add one cup thick White Sance. Season with salt and pepper, and spread on a plate to…

Fish and Egg Croquettes

Make same as Fish Croquettes, using one cup fish and three "hard-boiled" eggs finely chopped.

Scalloped Cod

Line a buttered baking-dish with cold flaked cod, sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover with a layer of oysters (first dipped in melted…

Salmon Box

Line a bread pan, slightly buttered, with warm steamed rice. Fill the centre with coid boiled salmon, flaked, and seasoned with salt…

Creamed Salt Codfish

Pick salt codfish in pieces (there should be three-fourths cup), and soak in lukewarm water, the time depending upon hardness and saltness…

Fish Balls

1 cup salt codfish 2 heaping cups potatoes 1 egg 1½ tablespoon butter 1/8 teaspoon pepper Wash fish in cold water, and pick in very small…

Salted Codfish Hash

Prepare as for Fish Balls, omitting egg. Try out fat salt pork, remove scraps, leaving enough fat in pan to moisten fish and potatoes. Put…

Toasted Salt Fish

Pick salt codfish in long thin strips. If very salt, it may need to be freshened by standing for a short time in lukewarm water. Place on a…

Kippered Herrings

Remove fish from can, and arrange on a platter that may be put in the oven; sprinkle with pepper, brush over with lemon juice and melted…

Baked Finnan Haddie

Put fish in dripping-pan, surround with milk and water in equal proportions, place on back of range, where it will heat slowly. Let stand…

Broiled Finnan Haddie

Broil in a greased broiler until brown on both sides. Remove to a pan, and cover with hot water; let stand ten minutes, drain, and place on…

Finnan Haddie à la Delmonico

Cut fish in strips (there should be one cup), put in bakingpan, cover with cold water, place on back of range and allow water to heat to…

Ways of Cooking Shellfish

Oysters on the Half Shell Serve oysters on deep halves of the shells, allowing six to each person. Arrange on plates of crushed ice, with…

Raw Oysters

Raw oysters are served on oyster plates, or in a block of ice. Place block of ice on a folded napkin on platter, and garnish the base with…

Salt (Tablespoon vinegar or lemon)

½ tablespoon vinegar or lemon 1 teaspoon celery, finely juice chopped 1½ teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce Mix ingredients, chill thoroughly…

Salt (Grape fruit Cut grape fruit)

Grape fruit Cut grape fruit in halves crosswise, remove tough portions, and add oysters seasoned with Tabasco, lemon juice, and salt.

Oyster Cocktail III

Allow seven Blue Point oysters to each person, and season with three-fourth tablespoon lemon juice, one-half tablespoon tomato catsup…

Roasted Oysters

Oysters for roasting should be bought in the shell. Wash thoroughly, scrubbing with a brush. Put in a dripping-pan, and cook in a hot oven…

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