The Story of Crisco

The Story of Crisco, 1913 — how Procter & Gamble taught America a new fat, with 250 recipes and a year of dinners to seal it.

Fish

23 recipes in this part of The Story of Crisco.

Baked Halibut

2 tablespoonfuls flour 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 3/4 teaspoonful salt 18 teaspoonful pepper Clean fish, season with salt and pepper, dredge…

Baked Salmon with Colbert Sauce

1 slice salmon, 1/2 lbs. in weight 4 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley 1 tablespoonful tarragon vinegar 1…

For Sauce (Tablespoonfuls Crisco)

4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 2 tablespoonfuls flour 1 teaspoonful lemon juice 3 anchovies 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley Pepper to taste 2…

Baked Shad

1 shad weighing 4 lbs. 14 lb. mushrooms 1½ cupful Crisco 2 tablespoonfuls chopped parsley 2 tablespoonfuls chopped chives 1 cupful…

Cassolettes of Fish

1½ lb. cold cooked fish or shrimps 4 tablespoonfuls flour Salt, pepper, and red pepper 1½ cupful milk to taste 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1½…

Dressed Crab

1 good sized heavy crab 6 tablespoonfuls Crisco 2 tablespoonfuls breadcrumbs 3 tablespoonfuls olive oil 2 tablespoonfuls vinegar 1…

Decorate

and white stripes. Have it heaped a little higher in center. meat with lines of finely chopped parsley, and force the Crisco round edge…

Curried Cod

2 teaspoonfuls curry powder 1 medium-sized onion 1 tablespoonful lemon juice Salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste 2 cupfuls plain boiled…

For Fish (Large flounder teaspoonful)

1 large flounder 1 teaspoonful chopped parsley 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1½ teaspoonful powdered herbs

For Sauce (Lemon egg cupful melted Crisco)

1½ lemon 1 egg 1½ cupful melted Crisco 1½ teaspoonful mustard 1 yolk of egg 1 pinch powdered mace 1½ teaspoonful salt Salt, pepper, and red…

For Pudding (Lbs cooked fish cupful milk)

2 lbs. cooked fish 1 cupful milk 1 tablespoonful flour 1 tablespoonful Crisco 2 eggs

Fish Pudding

(Kate B. Vaughn) Salt and pepper to taste 1/4 teaspoonful onion juice 1 tablespoonful Worcester- Cream sauce shire sauce

For Sauce (Tablespoonfuls flour)

3 tablespoonfuls flour 3 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 slice carrot 1 slice onion 1 slice celery 1 blade of mace 1 bay leaf 6 whole peppers 1…

Sauce (Clean fish season with salt)

Clean fish, season with salt and pepper. Dip in crumbs, brush over with beaten egg, and crumb again. Fry in deep Crisco and drain on brown…

Breadcrumbs (Cupful thick cream Salt)

1 cupful thick cream Salt and paprika to taste 2 tablespoonfuls grated horseradish Cut lobster meat into neat pieces, dip in beaten egg…

Gateau of Fish

1½ lbs. cooked white fish 3 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1½ cupful breadcrumbs 1½ cupful milk 2 eggs

For Fish (Teaspoonful chopped parsley)

1 teaspoonful chopped parsley 1 teaspoonful anchovy paste or extract Salt and pepper to taste Lemon slices Dutch or oyster sauce 2…

For Sauce (Teaspoonful lemon juice Salt)

1 teaspoonful lemon juice Salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste 2 hard-cooked eggs 1 dozen small oysters For fish. Cook fish; remove skin…

Oyster Shortcake

Fish • 1 quart oysters 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1/2 cupful Crisco 2 cupfuls flour 1½ teaspoonful salt 3/4 cupful milk 2 tablespoonfuls…

Salmon Mold

1 can salmon 3 eggs 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 tablespoonful Worcestershire 1½ cupful rolled crackers sauce Salt and pepper to taste

Sauce (Tablespoonful Crisco)

1 tablespoonful Crisco 1 tablespoonful flour 1 egg 1 cupful milk Salt and pepper to taste

Parsley (For the mold Remove oil skin)

For the mold. Remove oil, skin and bone from the salmon. Rub salmon smooth, add eggs well beaten, crackers, and seasonings. Turn into a…

Crisco

MEATS C OOKERY is a branch of applied chemistry. To cook anything, in the narrower sense of the term, means to bring about changes in it by…

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