Boiled Pike

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb salt to each gallon of water
• a little vinegar

Instructions

1. Scale and clean the pike, and fasten the tail in its mouth by means of a skewer.
2. Lay it in cold water, and when it boils, throw in the salt and vinegar.
3. The time for boiling depends, of course, on the size of the fish; but a middling-sized pike will take about 1/2 an hour.
4. Serve with Dutch or anchovy sauce, and plain melted butter.