Stewed Plaice

Ingredients

• 4-5 plaice
• 2 onions
• 1/2 oz ground ginger
• 1 pint lemon-juice
• 1/4 pint water
• 6 eggs
• cayenne to taste

Instructions

1. Cut the fish into pieces about 2 inches wide, salt them, and let them remain 1/4 hour.
2. Slice and fry the onions a light brown;
3. put them in a stewpan, on the top of which put the fish without washing, and add the ginger, lemon-juice, and water.
4. Cook slowly for 1/2 hour, and do not let the fish boil, or it will break.
5. Take it out, and when the liquor is cool, add 6 well-beaten eggs;
6. simmer till it thickens, when pour over the fish, and serve.