Court-Boullion

1 large fish. 1 glass claret.

1 doz. cloves.

4 tablespoons olive oil.

2 tablespoons butter.

2 tablespoons Worcestershire 2 tablespoons browned flour. 1 teaspoon chopped parsley.

1 qt. water.

1 onion.

1 qt. tomatoes.

1/2 coffee spoon Tobasco.

3 bay leaves.

1 sprig morjoram.

2 teaspoons salt. 1 pod garlic.

Chop head of fish fine and boil it about two hours with onion, salt, pepper, herbs, garlic and bay leaves. Slice fish, flour it, and fry brown in oil; take out and put aside. Put in the skillet the fish was fried in, tomatoes, flour and the water that the head was boiled in, and make a sauce; cover well and let simmer about 1 hour. Put in fried fish, Worcestershire sauce, wine and butter and cook 10 minutes before serving. Serve on buttered toast.

Codfish Balls

2 lbs. codfish.

1 tablespoon butter.

4 boiled potatoes.

1/2 teaspoon minced parsley.

2 eggs.

1 1/2 cup milk.

1/4 teaspoon red pepper.

Boil codfish until well cooked, changing the water once, cream potatoes add milk, butter, eggs, pepper and parsley. Mix with codfish, mold into cakes, dip in flour and fry in hot lard.

Stewed Codfish With Eggs

3 lbs. codfish, well boiled. 6 hard boiled eggs. 3/4 tablespoon flour. 1 1/2 pt. milk. 8 boiled potatoes.

2 tablespoons butter.

1/2 teaspoon minced parsley.

1/4 teaspoon onion.

1 tablespoon Worcestershire.

1 pod pepper.

Boil milk, add potatoes, flour, butter, parsley, onion, pepper and sauce. When thick add codfish and quartered eggs.

Craw Fish Coquille

1 qt. picked and boiled craw fish. 1 pt. cream.

1 tablespoon flour. 1/2 teaspoon minced parsley.

2 tablespoons butter.

8 drops Tobasco sauce. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon grated onion. 1 wine glass sherry.

Boil cream, stir into it flour, onion, butter and parsley, add Tobasco and salt, when thick put in craw fish and wine. Cook 5 minutes longer.

Put this in silver or china shells with bread crumbs on top and small pieces of butter. Bake 10 minutes.

Creamed Fish With White Wine

Sheenshead or trout or any other good fish.

1/2 glass white wine.

1 pt. mushrooms or 50 oysters.

1/2 coffee spoon grated onion.

1/2 teaspoon chopped parsley.

3 tablespoons browned bread crumbs.

1 pt. milk.

2 tablespoons flour. 1/2 cup butter. 1/4 pod red pepper. 1 teaspoon salt.

Put fish salted and peppered in dish that you serve it in (either stone or plated ware) and bake about 15 minutes, have ready the boiled milk thickened with flour, butter and seasonings; add the mushrooms or oysters, wine and parsley to the milk; pour over fish. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and small pieces of butter, and bake 10 minutes.

Boiled Eels With Browned Butter

3 lbs. Eels.

1 cup browned butter.

1 teaspoon salt.

1 qt. stock.

1/2 teaspoon parsley.

1/2 pod pepper.

Boil eels in stock with salt and pepper, put on napkin. Serve with brown butter and minced parsley.