Soles with Mushrooms

Ingredients

• 1 pint milk
• 1 pint water
• 1 oz butter
• 1 oz salt
• a little lemon-juice
• 2 middling-sized soles

Instructions

1. Cleanse the soles, but do not skin them, and lay them in a fish-kettle, with the milk, water, butter, salt, and lemon-juice.
2. Bring them gradually to boil, and let them simmer very gently till done, which will be in about 7 minutes.
3. Take them up, drain them well on a cloth, put them on a hot dish, and pour over them a good mushroom sauce.
4. (_See_ Sauces.)