Fish Cake

Ingredients

• The remains of any cold fish
• 1 onion
• 1 faggot of sweet herbs
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 pint water
• equal quantities of bread crumbs and cold potatoes
• 1/2 teaspoonful parsley
• 1 egg
• bread crumbs

Instructions

1. Pick the meat from the bones of the fish, which latter put, with the head and fins, into a stewpan with the water;
2. add pepper and salt, the onion and herbs, and stew slowly for gravy about 2 hours;
3. chop the fish fine, and mix it well with bread crumbs and cold potatoes, adding the parsley and seasoning; make the whole into a cake with the white of an egg, brush it over with egg, cover with bread crumbs, and fry of a light brown;
4. strain the gravy, pour it over, and stew gently for 1/4 hour, stirring it carefully once or twice.
5. Serve hot, and garnish with slices of lemon and parsley.