Smoked Salmon

Soak smoked salmon in. warm water five or six hours. When ready to cook place in cold water and bring to a boil. When cooked, flake nicely. Have ready 3 hard-boiled eggs chopped, and put with the fish in ½ pint of thin cream (licit milk can be used), add two tablespoonfuls of butter rubbed with a teaspoonful of flour; skim and stir the mixture until boiling hot, serve in a plain dish, or make a wall of mashed potatoes around the platter to be used and pour into it the fish thus prepared.

Canned Salmon Pickled

Cut the salmon in pieces and place in a hot pickle prepared as follows: 1 quart of vinegar (if very strong dilute with water), 1 teaspoonful ground mustard rubbed smooth in vinegar, 6 blades of mace, 10 kernels allspice, 10 kernels black pepper, 4 teaspoonfuls sugar. Boil and skim until clear. Let the pepper and spice remain. Remove the salmon and pack in jars. Pour the vinegar into the jars boiling hot, Seal the jars securely and set in a dark place.

Canned Salmon

Arrange the fish in as large pieces as possible upon the platter, carefully picking out the bones. Ga nish with lemon and parsley.

Deviled Salmon

This dish may be prepared from either canned or cold boiled salmon. Arrange fish in neat flakes and pour over it the following dressing. This dressing may be used for lettuce alone.

Dressing

Yolks of 3 hard-boiled eggs, 1 table-spoonful of salad oil or melted butter, rub with the eggs to a smooth paste; add 2 teaspoonfuls each of sugar and mustard, salt and Cayenne to taste, add a little vinegar. Arrange lettuce leaves around the plate, pour the dressing over the fish, and garnish with the whites of the eggs cut in rings.

Canned Salmon With Drawn Butter

1 can salmon, 1 cup drawn butter (see Sauces). Shred the salmon carefully, removing the bones. Season with a little pepper. Mix with the drawn butter and add the juice of ½ lemon, or 4 teaspoonfuls of good vinegar; pour into a buttered pudding dish. Cover ½ inch deep with fine breadcrumbs, cover and bake fifteen minutes, then uncover and let it brown. This dish may be made with cold boiled salmon. Sliced lemon may be served with this.