This section is from the book "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book", by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Also available from Amazon: Original 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
1 lb. halibut
1/3 cup thick cream
3/4 teaspoon salt
Few grains cayenne
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
Cook halibut in boiling salted water, drain, and rub through a sieve. Season with salt, cayenne, and lemon juice; add cream beaten until stiff, then beaten whites of eggs. Turn into small, slightly buttered moulds, put in a pan, half surround with hot water, cover with buttered paper, and bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven. Remove from moulds, arrange on a serving dish, pour around Bechamel Sauce or Lobster Sauce II, and garnish with parsley.
1 lb. halibut 2/3 cup milk Yolk 1 egg 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper Few grains cayenne 2/3 teaspoon corn-starch 1/3 cup thick cream
Force fish through a meat chopper, then rub through a sieve or finely chop. Add yolk of egg, seasonings, cornstarch, and cream beaten until stiff. Cook same as Halibut Timbales I and serve with Cream or Lobster Sauce.
 
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