The Thorough Good Cook
by George Augustus Sala
recipes from 1896

A digital version of a rare antique cookbook originally published in 1896 for those who want to kick it Olde Skool !


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The free companion book to Eat Dangerously is The Thorough Good Cook by George Augustus Sala. The recipes are original and unadulterated, of course!

RECIPE

 

 
  13. Salmon au Bleu.

  Put some slices of salmon in a fish-kettle with half a.
pint of port wine, carrots cut in slices, onions also sliced"
four cloves, a couple of bay-leaves, a handful of parsley, a
few sprigs of thyme, salt, and pepper ; let it boil very gently ;
it is done when the flesh will easily leave the bone. It
must be covered by the liquor in which it is boiled. If
served as an entree, take off the skin when the fish is done"
and mask it with a good butter sauce, in which put capers"
sliced gherkins, and a little anchovy butter.

 

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