The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps

The pattern people's household book, 1927 — five hundred recipes, then how to lay a table, take out a stain and stock a first-aid cabinet.

Fish

13 recipes in this part of The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps.

Baked Halibut Steak

Rub steaks well with butter or other fat, pepper and salt. Lay steaks in baking-pan and pour the milk over them. Baste often while cooking…

Cream Scallops

1 pint scallops, fresh or canned I pint thin white sauce Wash and drain the scallops, add them to the sauce and cook about fifteen minutes…

Fillet of Flounder Au Gratin

Fillet and cut the fish into pieces about four inches long by three wide. Oil a baking or gratin dish and lay the fillets in it. Sprinkle…

Salmon Puffs

2 cups cooked salmon, fresh or I/2 cup soft bread-crums Remove the skin and bones from the salmon, chop the meat fine, and add salt, white…

Codfish à La Mode

¼ cup butter or other fat Pick very fine and freshen salt codfish. Mix with mashed potatoes, milk or cream, well-beaten egg, butter or…

Scalloped Clams

48 very small dice of fat bacon Have the clams that are in the shell opened carefully, so as not to injure the shells, which are to be used…

Creamed Lobster

2 cups boiled or canned lobster Make a white sauce with the fat, flour and milk. Add lobster cut into small pieces and salt and pepper…

Shrimps in Peppers

Prepare shrimps as directed. Cut off the stem ends or tops of the peppers, and remove the seeds and veins, and soak the peppers in cold…

Little Pigs in Blankets

24 very thin short slices fat Season the oysters with salt and pepper. Wrap one oyster in each slice of bacon and fasten with a toothpick…

Baked Oysters

Wash the oyster shells thoroughly by scrubbing with a brush. Place with the deep shell down in a baking-pan in a very hot oven, bake until…

Fish That Are Good Boiled

With Suggestions for Sauces and Garnishes Butter sauce, caper sauce, oys- Parsley or cress ter sauce, shrimp sauce

Fish That May Be Broiled

With Suggestions for Sauces and Garnishes

Fish That May Be Baked Whole

With Suggestions for Stuffings, Sauces and Garnishes Bass (sea) Bread stuffing Tomato sauce

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