This section is from the book "The Culinary Handbook", by Charles Fellows. Also available from Amazon: The Culinary Handbook.
A large flat fish of the flounder species, the young and medium sized ones being the best, and known as "Chicken halibut".
The fish scaled and trimmed, cut into steaks, simmered in boiling salted water containing a dash of vinegar; served sprinkled with parsley dust, cream sauce at the sides.
The steaks seasoned with salt and pepper, rolled in flour, then in olive oil, broiled; served with maitre d'hotel butter, garnished with watercress and lemon, sometimes with a strip of broiled bacon.
The fish scaled and trimmed, cut into portions, boiled in salted water with a dash of vinegar; served with either lobster, clam, cream or Hollandaise sauces.
The fish scaled and trimmed, cut into portions, arranged in baking pan, seasoned with salt and pepper, moistened with milk and butter, baked and basted till done; served with egg sauce, garnished with slices of hard boiled eggs.
Slices of bacon blanched, then fried, the steaks seasoned with salt and pepper, rolled in flour, then dipped into beaten eggs, fried a golden brown in the bacon fat; served with strips of bacon.
The steaks seasoned with salt and pepper, rolled in flour. slowly sauteed a golden color with butter; served with a sauce composed of equal parts of tomato puree and tomato catsup.
Flakes of cold boiled halibut mixed with slices of sauteed button mushrooms, moistened with Bechamel sauce, filled into deep oval or scallop dishes, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and melted butter, baked a delicate brown and served.
 
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