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Shad, Maitre D'Hotel

Procure from your fish dealer a small, fresh roe shad or half one of two pounds, clean and wipe well, pare and cut in two (if a whole one), scale it and remove the backbone. Season both sides with one teaspoon salt and a very little white pepper, nicely rubbed in. Roll it well in a tablespoon oil. Arrange in a double wire broiler and broil on a moderate fire for eight minutes on the split side and for four minutes on the skin side. Remove, dress on a hot dish, spread a maitre d'hotel butter over and serve with a few parsley greens around the dish and six quarters of lemon.