Boiled Fish

Origin: Mobile, Alabama

Source: Abby Fisher, 1881

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Clean the fish well.
  2. Season the fish inside and out with pepper and salt.
  3. Let the seasoned fish rest for one or two hours before cooking.
  4. Fill a boiler with one quart of luke-warm water.
  5. Place the fish in the boiler and let it remain on a quick fire for twenty minutes, or thirty minutes if the fish is very large, until cooked through.

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