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To Stew a Rock Fish

Ingredients

• rock fish that weighs six pounds
• 1/4 pound of butter
• 1/2 tea-cup of flour
• 1 pint of oysters
• cayenne
• mace or cloves
• parsley
• thyme
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

Rub the fish with salt and pepper, and a little cayenne on the inside; put it in an oval stew-pan. To a fish that weighs six pounds, put a pint of water; when it is about half done; season it well with salt and pepper, and a little mace or cloves; rub the butter in the flour, with a little parsley and thyme; stir this in with the oysters. Serve it with the gravy in the dish. A large fish should be allowed an hour, small ones half an hour.

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Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers.