SKATE WITH CAPER SAUCE (a la Francaise)

Ingredients

• 2-3 slice skate
• 1/2 pint vinegar
• 2 oz salt
• 1/2 teaspoonful pepper
• 1 sliced onion
• a small bunch of parsley
• 2 bay-leaves
• 2-3 sprig thyme
• sufficient water to cover the fish

Instructions

1. Put in a fish-kettle all the above ingredients, and simmer the skate in them till tender.
2. When it is done, skin it neatly, and pour over it some of the liquor in which it has been boiling.
3. Drain it, put it on a hot dish, pour over it caper sauce, and send some of the latter to table in a tureen.