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Fish Cream

A historical recipe from My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, by Various.

A historical recipe

My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, by Various. Project Gutenberg eBook #21826.

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From My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, by Various. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #21826 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21826). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. MRS.
  2. J.
  3. G.
  4. SCOTT.
  5. One can of salmon, one quart of milk, one cup of flour, one cup of butter, three eggs, one cupful of bread crumbs, one half cupful grated cheese, one onion, one bunch of parsley, two bay leaves.
  6. Take the canned salmon, or boil a fish, and when cool take out the bones and break the fish in small pieces.
  7. Put on to boil one quart of milk, an onion, a bunch of parsley, and two bay leaves;
  8. after boiling strain through a colander, then add a cup of flour mixed smooth with cold milk and a cup of butter;
  9. beat up three eggs and pour into the mixture.
  10. Put in a baking dish alternate layers of fish and cream until the dish is full, putting cream top and bottom.
  11. Place on top one cup of bread crumbs and one half cup of grated cheese.
  12. Salt to taste, and cayenne pepper.
  13. Bake twenty minutes.