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Fish Canapés

A historical recipe from Sandwiches, by S. T. Rorer (1894).

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A historical recipe

Sandwiches, by S. T. Rorer (1894). Project Gutenberg eBook #29329.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. a pound of cooked fish
  2. a saltspoonful of salt
  3. a dash of black pepper
  4. two tablespoonfuls of sauce tartare

Method

  1. Pound a quarter of a pound of cooked fish to a paste;
  2. season it with a few drops of onion juice, a saltspoonful of salt, and a dash of black pepper.
  3. Stir into it two tablespoonfuls of sauce tartare;
  4. spread this on six or eight rounds of buttered bread browned in the oven;
  5. garnish the tops with grated cucumber and send to the table.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Sandwiches, by S. T. Rorer (1894). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #29329 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29329). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.