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Essence of Anchovies

Ingredients

• 2 pounds of anchovies
• 1 ounce of bay salt
• 3 pints of spring water
• 1/2 gill of red port
• 1/2 gill mushroom ketchup

Instructions

Put them into a saucepan until the anchovies are all dissolved; let them boil; strain off the liquor with a one hair sieve, and be careful not to cork it until it is quite cold.

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Source

The Lady's Own Cookery Book (1844).