<h2>TWENTY-FIVE WAYS TO COOK WHITEFISH</h2>
<h3>BOILED WHITEFISH</h3>
<p class="indent">
Boil a large whitefish in salted and acidulated water, adding a
bunch of parsley and a sliced onion to the water. Drain, and serve
with any preferred sauce.</p>
<h3>BOILED WHITEFISH À LA MACKINAC</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean and split the fish and put into a buttered dripping-pan,
skin-side down. Add enough salted water barely to cover, and simmer
for half an hour. Serve with Maître d'Hôtel Sauce and
garnish with hard-boiled eggs.</p>
<h3>FRIED WHITEFISH—I</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean and trim the fish and cut into convenient pieces for serving.
Dip in seasoned flour and sauté in hot lard in a frying-pan.</p>
<h3>FRIED WHITEFISH—II</h3>
<p class="indent">
Cut the fish in slices, dip in beaten egg, then in seasoned crumbs,
and fry in fat to cover. Serve with any preferred sauce.</p>
<h3><SPAN name="page_442"><span class="page"></span></SPAN> FRIED WHITEFISH—III</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean and dry the fish, cut into fillets, dip in seasoned crumbs,
then in egg, then in crumbs, and fry quickly in fat to cover. Serve
with Tartar Sauce.</p>
<h3>BROILED WHITEFISH—I</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean, trim, and split a large whitefish, season with salt, pepper,
and oil, and broil. Garnish with lemon and parsley and serve with
Tartar Sauce.</p>
<h3>BROILED WHITEFISH—II</h3>
<p class="indent">
Put a cleaned and split whitefish on a wire broiler, season with
salt and cayenne, lay a few thin slices of bacon on top, put the
broiler on a baking-pan, and cook in the oven without turning.
Put on a platter, add a little butter, and rub hard-boiled eggs
through a sieve over the fish. Garnish with parsley and lemon.</p>
<h3>BROILED WHITEFISH—III</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean and split the fish, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle
with lemon-juice, and broil. Pour over melted butter and serve.</p>
<h3>BAKED WHITEFISH—I</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean and split a large fish, remove the bone, and put in a buttered
baking-pan skin-side <SPAN name="page_443"><span class="page">Page
443</span></SPAN> down. Season with salt, cayenne, and lemon-juice,
sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter, and bake. Serve with any
preferred sauce.</p>
<h3>BAKED WHITEFISH—II</h3>
<p class="indent">
Make a stuffing of one and one-half cupfuls of dry bread-crumbs,
seasoning with salt and pepper. Add a heaping tablespoonful of
butter and one egg well-beaten. Stuff the fish and sew it up. Put
in a buttered baking-pan, pour in one cupful of vinegar, and bake
until done, basting with butter and hot water. Take up the fish
and thicken the gravy with two tablespoonfuls of flour browned
in butter and rubbed smooth with a little cold water.</p>
<h3>BAKED WHITE FISH—III</h3>
<p class="indent">
Dip the fillets of whitefish in beaten egg, then in crumbs, then in
egg, then in crumbs, and lastly in beaten egg. Bake in a buttered
dripping-pan for twenty-five minutes and serve with Cream Sauce.</p>
<h3>BAKED FILLETS OF WHITEFISH</h3>
<p class="indent">
Cut a large cleaned whitefish into fillets, removing as much as
possible of the bone. Season with salt and pepper, dip into beaten
egg, then in crumbs, then in beaten egg, then <SPAN name="page_444"><span class="page"></span></SPAN> in crumbs, and lastly in beaten
egg. Bake in a thickly buttered baking-dish, drain on brown paper,
garnish with fried parsley, and serve with Parsley Sauce.</p>
<h3>BAKED WHITEFISH À LA BORDEAUX</h3>
<p class="indent">
Stuff a large whitefish with seasoned crumbs, put into a buttered
baking-pan, rub with butter, dredge with seasoned flour, add one
cupful of Claret, and bake. Take up the fish, strain the liquid,
add a little more Claret, thicken with flour, brown in butter,
season with red pepper, and serve separately.</p>
<h3>STUFFED WHITEFISH</h3>
<p class="indent">
Make a stuffing of bread-crumbs, seasoning with salt, pepper, sweet
herbs, and melted butter. Add a beaten egg to bind, stuff the fish,
and sew up. Bake slowly, basting with melted butter and water,
and serve with Tartar Sauce.</p>
<h3>STUFFED WHITEFISH WITH OYSTER SAUCE</h3>
<p class="indent">
Make a stuffing of two cupfuls of bread-crumbs, half a cupful of
chopped salt pork fried crisp, a chopped hard-boiled egg, half a
cupful of vinegar, and salt, pepper, butter, sage, and mustard to
season. Stuff the fish, <SPAN name="page_445"><span class="page">Page
445</span></SPAN> tie in mosquito netting, and steam until done. Pour
over a Cream Sauce to which cooked oysters and a little lemon-juice
and minced parsley have been added.</p>
<h3>WHITEFISH À LA CRÈME—I</h3>
<p class="indent">
Cook the fish until done in boiling salted water, drain, and remove
the large bones. Cook together two tablespoonfuls each of butter
and flour, add two cupfuls of milk, and cook until thick, stirring
constantly. Season with salt, pepper, grated onion, minced parsley,
and grated nutmeg, take from the fire and add half a cupful of
butter. Add also the white of an egg well-beaten. Put the fish on
a serving-dish, spread the sauce over it and brown in the oven.</p>
<h3>WHITEFISH À LA CRÈME—II</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean a whitefish and simmer until done in salted, boiling water.
Drain, remove the large bones. Put into a buttered baking-pan,
sprinkle with chopped onion and minced parsley, seasoning with
grated nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Cover with Cream Sauce to which
three tablespoonfuls of butter have been added, and put into a
hot oven for ten or fifteen minutes.</p>
<h3><SPAN name="page_446"><span class="page"></span></SPAN> WHITEFISH AU GRATIN—I</h3>
<p class="indent">
Boil a whitefish in salted water and flake fine with a fork. Bring
to the boil two cupfuls of milk and thicken it with a tablespoonful
of corn-starch rubbed smooth in a little cold water. Take from
the fire, add salt and pepper to season, two tablespoonfuls of
butter, and two eggs well-beaten. Butter a baking-dish, put in a
layer of fish, cover with sauce, season with grated nutmeg, and
repeat until the dish is full. Cover with crumbs, dot with butter,
and brown in the oven.</p>
<h3>WHITEFISH AU GRATIN—II</h3>
<p class="indent">
Skin and bone the fish, cut into small squares, and season with salt
and pepper. Brown two tablespoonfuls of flour in butter, and add
gradually two cupfuls of stock or milk. Cook until thick, stirring
constantly, seasoning with salt, pepper, lemon-juice, minced parsley,
grated onion, and a tablespoonful of vinegar. Butter a baking-dish,
put in a layer of the fish, cover with sauce, and repeat until
the dish is full. Cover with crumbs, dot with butter, and brown
in the oven.</p>
<h3>WHITEFISH À LA MAÎTRE D'HÔTEL</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean, split, and bone a large whitefish, <SPAN name="page_447"><span class="page"></span></SPAN> dip in seasoned oil, broil, and
serve with Maître d'Hôtel Sauce.</p>
<h3>WHITEFISH À LA POINT SHIRLEY</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean, split, and bone the fish, and put into a buttered baking-pan,
skin-side down. Season with salt, red pepper, and lemon-juice, add
enough boiling water to keep from burning, and bake. Serve with
Maître d'Hôtel Sauce.</p>
<h3>PLANKED WHITEFISH—I</h3>
<p class="indent">
Butter a fish-plank and tack a large cleaned and split whitefish on
it, skin side down. Rub with butter, season with salt and pepper,
and cook in the oven or under a gas flame. Put a border of mashed
potato mixed with the beaten white of egg around the fish, using
a pastry tube and forcing bag. Put into the oven for a few minutes
to brown the potato, and serve with a garnish of lemon and parsley.</p>
<h3>PLANKED WHITEFISH—II</h3>
<p class="indent">
Clean and split a large whitefish, remove the bone, and tack on
a buttered fish-plank, skin-side down. Season with salt, pepper,
butter, and lemon-juice, and bake in the oven.</p>
<h3><SPAN name="page_448"><span class="page"></span></SPAN> CREAMED WHITEFISH À LA MADISON</h3>
<p class="indent">
Steam a large whitefish until tender, take out the bones, and flake
fine. Cook together one tablespoonful of butter and two of flour,
add two cupfuls of milk, and cook until thick, stirring constantly.
Season with parsley, thyme, grated onion, salt, and pepper, take
from the fire, add two eggs well-beaten, and three tablespoonfuls
of butter. Put in a buttered baking-dish a layer of fish, then a
layer of sauce, and repeat until the dish is full, having crumbs
and butter on top. Brown in the oven.</p>
<h3>JELLIED WHITEFISH</h3>
<p class="indent">
Boil two pounds of whitefish in salted and acidulated water, with
four bay-leaves, a tablespoonful of pepper-corns, and half a dozen
cloves. Take out the fish, strain the liquid, and reduce by rapid
boiling to a quantity barely sufficient to cover the fish. Add
the juice of a lemon and two ounces of dissolved gelatine. Flake
the fish with a fork, removing all skin, fat, and bone, mix with
the liquid, pour into a fish mould, wet with cold water, and put
on ice until firm. Serve with Mayonnaise or Tartar Sauce.</p>
<h3>WHITEFISH CROQUETTES</h3>
<p class="indent">
One cupful of cold boiled fish flaked fine. <SPAN name="page_449"><span class="page"></span></SPAN> Add to it half a cupful of mashed
potatoes, half a cupful of bread-crumbs, half a cupful of cream, the
beaten yolks of two eggs, and salt and pepper to season. Shape into
croquettes, dip into the beaten white of eggs, then into crumbs, and
fry in deep fat. Garnish with parsley and serve with any preferred
sauce.</p>
<h3>WHITEFISH WITH FINE HERBS</h3>
<p class="indent">
Put a large whitefish in a buttered baking-pan with salt, pepper,
grated nutmeg, minced parsley, chopped onions, and mushrooms to
season. Moisten with white wine and white stock, and bake, basting
frequently. Cover with Velouté Sauce, sprinkle with crumbs,
dot with butter, bake brown, squeeze lemon-juice over, and serve.</p>
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