For dressing Codfish

Origin: Hartford, Connecticut

Source: Amelia Simmons, 1796

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Put the fish into cold water and wash it.
  2. Hang it over the fire and soak it six hours in scalding water.
  3. Shift it into clean warm water and let it scald for one hour, which is better than boiling.

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