This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
This is a sauce principally used for boiled mackerel. Make the same quantity of melted butter as in the last, to which add a good tablespoonful of chopped fennel; it is usually served in a boat.
Take one pint of butter sauce and finish it with two tablespoonfuls of chopped fennel, scald for a few seconds. Serve principally with mackerel.
 
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