This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Prepare some thick slices of blanched cucumber, about the size of half-crowns, and hollow their centers slightly. Place rings composed of the fillets of anchovies in oil upon these slices, and fill up their centers with cream of any fish or shellfish.
 
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