To Boil Rock Fish

Ingredients

• rock fish
• cold water
• salt
• 2 boats butter
• horse-radish
• rock fish roe and liver
• 1 gill water
• lump butter
• 1 large spoonful lemon pickle
• 1 spoonful pepper vinegar

Instructions

1. The best part of the rock is the head and shoulders.
2. Clean it nicely, put it into the fish kettle with cold water and salt, boil it gently, and skim it well.
3. When done, drain off the water, lay it in the dish, and garnish with scraped horse-radish.
4. Have two boats of butter nicely melted with chopped parsley; or for a change, you may have anchovy butter.
5. The roe and liver should be fried and served in separate dishes.
6. If any of the rock be left, it will make a delicious dish next day: pick it in small pieces, put it in a stew pan with a gill of water, a good lump of butter, some salt, a large spoonful of lemon pickle, and one of pepper vinegar.
7. Shake it over the fire till perfectly hot, and serve it up.
8. It is almost equal to stewed crab.