American Southern Medium mary-randolph

To Caveach Fish

Cut the fish in pieces the thickness of your hand, wash it and dry it in a cloth, sprinkle on some pepper and salt, dredge it with flour, and fry it a nice brown; when it gets cold, put it in a pot with a little chopped onion between the layers, take as much vinegar and water as will cover it, mix with it some oil, pounded mace, and whole black pepper, pour it on, and stop the pot closely.

Original Recipe

Cut the fish in pieces the thickness of your hand, wash it and dry it in a cloth, sprinkle on some pepper and salt, dredge it with flour, and fry it a nice brown; when it gets cold, put it in a pot with a little chopped onion between the layers, take as much vinegar and water as will cover it, mix with it some oil, pounded mace, and whole black pepper, pour it on, and stop the pot closely. This is a very convenient article, as it makes an excellent and ready addition to a dinner or supper. When served up, it should be garnished with green fennel, or parsley.

Ingredients

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  • cut into thick pieces fish
  • to taste pepper
  • to taste salt
  • for dredging flour
  • chopped onion
  • vinegar
  • water
  • oil
  • pounded mace
  • whole peppercorns black pepper
  • for garnish green fennel or parsley

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Pot for storing preserved fish

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Cut the fish in pieces the thickness of your hand, wash it and dry it in a cloth, sprinkle on some pepper and salt, dredge it with flour, and fry it a nice brown; when it gets cold, put it in a pot with a little chopped onion between the layers, take as much vinegar and water as will cover it, mix with it some oil, pounded mace, and whole black pepper, pour it on, and stop the pot closely.

  2. 2

    This is a very convenient article, as it makes an excellent and ready addition to a dinner or supper.

  3. 3

    When served up, it should be garnished with green fennel, or parsley.

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