Codfish on Toast

Original Recipe

Take a teacupful of freshened codfish picked up fine. Fry a sliced onion in a tablespoonful of butter; when it has turned a light brown, put in the fish with water enough to cover it; add half a can of tomatoes, or half a dozen of fresh ones. Cook all nearly an hour, seasoning with a little pepper. Serve on slices of dipped toast, hot. Very fine. Plain creamed codfish is very nice turned over dipped toast.

Ingredients

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  • 1 teacupful of freshened codfish picked up fine
  • 1 sliced onion in a tablespoonful of butter
  • 1 light brown
  • 1 can of tomatoes
  • 1 dozen of fresh ones
  • 1 little pepper

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Take a teacupful of freshened codfish picked up fine.

  2. 2

    Fry a sliced onion in a tablespoonful of butter; when it has turned a light brown, put in the fish with water enough to cover it; add half a can of tomatoes, or half a dozen of fresh ones.

  3. 3

    Cook all nearly an hour, seasoning with a little pepper.

  4. 4

    Serve on slices of dipped toast, hot.

  5. 5

    Plain creamed codfish is very nice turned over dipped toast.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book , Cuban Style (1887)