To Boil Plaice or Flounders

Name: To Boil Plaice or Flounders
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: saltpetre; salt; spring water; turbot; plain melted butter; water; cod fish; fish

Plaice in season from May to January; flounders in September, October, and November

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 min

Appears in

Modern Cookery for Private Families

By Eliza Acton

Published 1845

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Method

After having emptied and well cleaned the fish, make an incision in the hack as directed for turbot; lay them into cold spring water; add salt and