Name: Pickled Salmon
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 fine; 1 dry cloth; 1 cold place till next day; 1 quart of the water in which the salmon was boiled; 2 quarts of the best vinegar; 1 ounce of whole black pepper; 1 nutmeg grated and a dozen blades of mace; 1 kettle closely covered to prevent the flavor from evaporating; 1 tablespoonful of sweet oil; 1 dry

Original Recipe

Take a fine, fresh salmon, and, having cleaned it, cut it into large pieces, and boil it in salted water as if for eating. Then drain it, wrap it in a dry cloth, and set it in a cold place till next day. Then make the pickle, which must be in proportion to the quantity of fish. To one quart of the water in which the salmon was boiled, allow two quarts of the best vinegar, one ounce of whole black pepper, one nutmeg grated and a dozen blades of mace. Boil all these together in a kettle closely covered to prevent the flavor from evaporating. When the vinegar thus prepared is quite cold, pour it over the salmon, and put on the top a tablespoonful of sweet oil, which will make it keep the longer. Cover it closely, put it in a dry, cool place, and it will be good for many months. This is the nicest way of preserving salmon, and is approved by all who have tried it.

1

Take a fine, fresh salmon, and, having cleaned it, cut it into large pieces, and boil it in salted water as if for eating.
2

Then drain it, wrap it in a dry cloth, and set it in a cold place till next day.
3

Then make the pickle, which must be in proportion to the quantity of fish.
4

To one quart of the water in which the salmon was boiled, allow two quarts of the best vinegar, one ounce of whole black pepper, one nutmeg grated and a dozen blades of mace.
5

Boil all these together in a kettle closely covered to prevent the flavor from evaporating.
6

When the vinegar thus prepared is quite cold, pour it over the salmon, and put on the top a tablespoonful of sweet oil, which will make it keep the longer.
7

Cover it closely, put it in a dry, cool place, and it will be good for many months.
8

This is the nicest way of preserving salmon, and is approved by all who have tried it.

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