Whiting in the Scots Way

• whiting
• flour
• butter
• parsley
• green onions or chives
• broth

Choose small, perfectly fresh fish; rub them in flour till it adheres; lay them in a frying-pan with a good bit of butter; sauté them very slowly. They should not be dry or coloured. Mince some parsley and green onions or chives very finely; put them into some good broth and about two tablespoonfuls of cream; mix it well together and pour it over the whiting before they are quite finished cooki