This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Trim a dozen smelts, roll them in flour. Put one ounce of butter on a very hot dish and let it melt, roll the fish in this butter, sprinkle with a little cayenne pepper and a little grated Parmesan, and place them side by side in a well-buttered paper-bag. Cover lightly with breadcrumbs, and pour a little tomato sauce between each smelt. Seal up and cook for eight minutes in a very hot oven (350 Fahr.). Serve with slices of lemon.
Salmon can be cooked with any kind of seasoning to taste. A whole slice will take twenty minutes in a hot oven; a seven pound sliced salmon will take forty-five minutes. Mushroom, tomato, salt and pepper, lemon juice, can be added as desired, and cooked in the paper-bag with the fish.
For grilling or baking, dredge with a little flour and a little butter, and put in a very hot oven (350 Fahr.).
 
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