fficient boiling water to keep from burning. Bake until done,
basting as required.
BAKED CODFISH WITH CHEESE SAUCE
Rub the fish with butter and lemon-juice, put it on the grating
in the baking-pan, season with salt and pepper, and bake, pouring
a cupful of white stock under the grating. Take up the fish, cover
with crumbs, dot with butter, and brown in the oven. Strain the
liquid, thicken with butter rolled in flour, and season with
lemon-juice, grated onion, and four tablespoonfuls of grated
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Parmesan cheese. Bring to the boil and serve poured around the
fish.
QUICK BAKED CODFISH
Put a thick slice of codfish into a baking-pan. Rub with butter,
season with pepper and salt, and add sufficient boiling water to
moisten. Bake for half an hour, basting frequently. Thicken the
gravy with butter and flour, pour over the fish, and serve.
BAKED ROCK COD WITH DRESSING
Season bread-crumbs with grated onion, sage, salt, and pepper.
Add a tablespoonful of butter broken into bits, and sufficient
milk to moisten. Fill and sew up the fish. Lay in a baking-pan
on thin slices of salt pork, rub with butter, and cover with thin
slices of pork. Pour over two tablespoonfuls of tomato catsup and
half a cupful of boiling water. Bake for an hour, basting frequently.
BAKED COD A LA BEDFORD
Soak the cleaned fish for two hours in olive-oil seasoned with
salt, pepper, and Worcestershire. Drain and put into a baking-dish,
rub with butter, and sprinkle with crumbs. Add two wineglassfuls
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of Catawba wine and two cupfuls of oyster liquor. Cover with buttered
paper and bake for forty minutes. Take up the fish, thicken the sauce
with butter and flour, season with lemon-juice and minced parsley,
pour around the fish, and serve.
BAKED CODFISH WITH CREAM
Parboil part of a codfish in salted water. Remove the bones and
put the pieces into a baking-dish in layers with Cream Sauce and
seasoning between. Cover with crumbs, dot with butter, sprinkle
with grated nutmeg, and bake.
BOILED SALT CODFISH--I
Soak two pounds of salted cod over night, put into fresh water,
bring to the boil and serve with melted butter.
BOILED SALT CODFISH--II
Soak the fish over night, change the water, and simmer until done.
Serve with a Drawn-Butter Sauce.
BOILED SALTED CODFISH WITH EGG SAUCE
Prepare the fish according to directions given in the preceding
recipe. Cook one teaspoonful
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of corn-meal until thick in one c
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