To Stew Perch

Ingredients

• perch
• salt
• pepper
• onion
• water
• 1 gill wine
• 1 gill catsup
• lemon pickle
• spice

Instructions

1. Lay the perch in a deep pan with the heads on.
2. Sprinkle salt, pepper, and a little chopped onion over each layer.
3. When they are all in, take as much water as will be sufficient to fill the pan less than half full.
4. Add a gill of wine, one of catsup, a little lemon pickle and spice.
5. Cover the pan and let it stew gently till done.
6. Take out the fish without breaking, put them in a deep dish, pour the gravy on, and neatly turn them out.