With a Saucepan Over the Sea

Adelaide Keen went abroad with a notebook and came home with the recipes — cocka leekie from Scotland, petite marmite from Paris, the maids of honor of Richmond — each dish tagged with the country that gave it.

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Mackerel

(Germany.) Clean and score across the back a large fresh fish, add two cups of hot water, a teaspoonful of salt, an onion, and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Cook 40 minutes, drain it, reduce the sauce, strain it, and add 1 dozen capers; cook a few minutes longer and pour over the fish.

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