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.
Articles | Refuse | Proteid | Mineral matter | ||
Bass, black .......................... | 54.8 | 9.3 | .8 | .5 | 34.6 |
Bluefish ................................... | 55.7 | 8.3 | .5 | .5 | 35. |
Butterfish ......................... | 42.8 | 10.2 | 6.3 | .6 | 40.1 |
Cod, fresh ......................... | 52.5 | 8. | .2 | .6 | 38.7 |
Cod, salt, boneless.............. | 22.2 | .3 | 23.1 | 54.4 | |
Cusk ......................................... | 40.3 | 10.1 | .1 | .5 | 49. |
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Articles | Refuse | Proteid | Fat | Mineral matter | Water | |
Eels...... | 20.2 | 14.6 | 7.2 | .8 | 57.2 | |
Flounder............................. | 61.5 | 5.6 | .3 | .5 | 32.1 | |
Haddock............................. | 51. | 8.2 | .2 | .6 | 40. | |
Halibut, sections................... | 17.7 | 15.1 | 4.4 | .9 | 61.9 | |
Herring..... | 42.6 | 10.9 | 3.9 | .9 | 41.7 | |
Mackerel............................. | 44.6 | 10. | 4.3 | .7 | 40.4 | |
Mackerel, Spanish.............. | 34.6 | 13.7 | 6.2 | 1. | 44.5 | |
Perch, white.......................... | 62.5 | 7.2 | 1.5 | .4 | 28.4 | |
Pickerel..... | 47.1 | 9.8 | .2 | .7 | 42.2 | |
Pompano............................ | 45.5 | 10.2 | 4.3 | .5 | 39.5 | |
Red Snapper.......................... | 46.1 | 10.6 | .6 | .7 | 42. | |
Salmon..... | 39.2 | 12.4 | 8.1 | .9 | 39.4 | |
Shad................................... | 50.1 | 9.2 | 4.8 | .7 | 35.2 | |
Carbohydrates | ||||||
Shad, roe............................... | 2.6 Refuse | 20.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 71.2 | |
Sheepshead.......................... | 66. | 6.4 | .2 | .5 | 26.9 | |
Smelts..... | 41.9 | 10. | 1. | 1. | 46.1 | |
Trout..... | 48.1 | 9.8 | 1.1 | .6 | 40.4 | |
Turbot...... | 47.7 | 6.8 | 7.5 | .7 | 37.3 | |
Whitefish............................. | 53.5 | 10.3 | 3. | .7 | 32.5 | |
Carbohydrates | ||||||
Lobsters..... | 61.7 | 5.9 | .7 | .8 | .2 | 30.7 |
Clams, out of shell............... | 10.6 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 80.8 | |
Oysters, solid........................ | 6.1 | 1.4 | .9 | 3.3 | 88.3 | |
Crabs, soft shell.................... | 15.8 | 1.5 | 2. | .7 | 80. | |
W. O. Atwater, Ph.D.
 
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