This section is from the book "The London Art Of Cookery and Domestic Housekeepers' Complete Assistant", by John Farley. Also available from Amazon: The London Art of Cookery.
Having boned and filleted the whitings, put the fillets for five minutes into boiling water; take them up, and serve, with Italian sauce over them.
Are to be dressed exactly in the way already directed for soles, except that a very little garlic finely shred may be added to the farce : serve with sauce royal over them.
Having scaled and cleaned the fish, put them into a stew-pan with a pint of port wine, a pint of stock, two dozen small onions, a quart of mushrooms, a faggot of turtle herbs, and a few blades of mace: set it on a stove for half an hour: into another stewpan put an ounce of. butter, parsley, eschalots, 'four anchovies, all shred ; set these on the fire for a minute or two, taking care that they do not burn, and add a gill of stock : let this simmer till the fish is done; take up the fish, mix the contents of both stewpans together, let them boil, strain through a tamis, and serve over the fish, with two dozen blanched oysters.
Having skinned and cleaned a large eel, take out the bone, chop the meat quite fine, adding two anchovies, a little lemon peel shred fine, peppe:, grated nutmeg, parsley, and yolk of an egg boiled hard and shred: mix all together, and roll up in a piece of butter ; and with this make a stuffing for a hand-some piece of the salmon : lay the fish in a stewpan that will just hold it, adding half a pound of fresh butter, and when it is melted shake in a little flour, and stir till it is brown: to this put a pint of fish-stock (set Sauces), a. pint of madeira, an onion, a faggot of turtle-herbs, and season with kitchen pepper ; let the whole stew till mearly done, and add mushroom powder, truffles, and morels; when quite done, take up the salmon, and strain the sauce over it.
Having cleaned the fish, put them into an earthen dish, with a quart of water and half a pint of vinegar; let them lie two hours, take them out, dry them with a cloth, and put them into a stewpan, with a pint of white wine, a quarter of a pint of water, a little marjoram, winter savory, and an onion stuck with four cloves, sprinkle in a little bay-salt, cover close, and stew till done: take up the fish, and keep it warm: to the liquor add a piece of butter rolled in flour, boil till sufficiently thick, and strain over the fish.
Having scaled and cleaned the fish, put them into a stewpan with a pint of stock, a pint of port wine, two dozen button onions, half a pottle of mush rooms, a few blades of mace, and a faggot of turtle herbs ; set it on to stew for half an hour; take out the fish, and to the liquor add, chopped parsley, eschalots, three anchovies, and half a pint of good coulis; let the whole boil well, and having strained it through a tamis, add two dozen blanched oysters, and a little lemon juice, and serve over the fish.
Lobster (hot). .
Pick the meat from the shells of two lobsters, and put them into a stewpan with some melted butter, a table spoonful of essence of anchovy, a little white pepper, salt, and powdered mace : stew all together, and shake the pan till the lobster is thoroughly hot; or add a little lemon juice, or lemon pickle,
 
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