BAKED HALIBUT

Because of its size, halibut is cut into slices and sold in the form of steaks. Halibut slices are often sauted, but they
make a delicious dish when baked with tomatoes and flavored with onion, lemon, and bay leaf.
2 c. tomatoes
Few slices onion
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
2 thin slices bacon
1 Tb. flour
2 lb. halibut steak

Heat the tomatoes, onion, and bay leaf in water.

Add the salt and pepper and cook for a few minutes.

Cut the bacon into small squares, try it out in a pan,
and into this fat stir the flour.

Pour this into the hot mixture, remove the bay leaf,

and cook until the mixture thickens.

Put the steaks into a baking dish,

pour the sauce over them,

and bake in a slow oven for about 45 minutes.

Remove with the sauce to a hot platter and serve.

BAKED CLAMS

2 doz. clams

4 tbsp. olive oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 med. onion, chopped

1 tbsp. bread crumbs

1 tsp. parsley or chives

1/4 tsp. oregano Salt & pepper

Grated Parmesan cheese

Lemon juice

Scrub clams with stiff brush under cold water until
all grit is removed.

Saute onion and garlic until golden.

Remove clams from shell (steam open).

Chop up clams very fine,

mix with bread crumbs, parsley, salt, pepper and oregano.

Fill shells.

Sprinkle with cheese and lemon juice.

Dot with butter and place under hot broiler about

5 minutes.

TEN WAYS TO SERVE ANCHOVIES

I

Clean, bone, and trim the fish. Arrange on a dish, alternating
with quarters of hard-boiled eggs. Moisten with olive-oil, sprinkle
with parsley, and serve with toasted crackers.

II

Split the anchovies, wash in white wine, and bone them. Make a
paste with the yolks of eggs, equal parts of minced cooked fish,
and bread-crumbs. Stuff the anchovies, dip into batter, and fry
in deep fat.

III

Pound the fish in a mortar, seasoning with minced parsley, grated
onion, and cayenne. Serve on small circles of fried bread, as a
first course at dinner.

IV

Drain a bottle of anchovies and mash fine with enough butter to
make a smooth paste. Season with lemon-juice and cayenne. Spread
on fingers of toast and lay a whole anchovy on each piece.

V

Wash eight salted anchovies, remove the skin and bones, and soak
in clear water for an hour. Drain and wipe dry. Arrange on lettuce
leaves with sliced hard-boiled eggs and pour over a French dressing.

VI

Toast circles of bread, spread with butter, cover with chopped
hard-boiled eggs, make a hollow in the egg, lay an anchovy upon
it, and set into a hot oven for five minutes.

VII

Toast thin circles of graham bread, butter, and cover each piece
with anchovies. Sprinkle with lemon-juice and paprika and put into
hot oven for five minutes.

VIII

Clean and rinse the fish and dry on a cloth. Butter a small baking-dish,
put in a layer of cracker crumbs, then a layer of anchovies, then
sugar and crumbs. Repeat until the dish is full, having crumbs
and butter on top. Beat the yolks of two eggs with half a cupful
of cream and a little sugar. Pour over the fish and bake in the
oven.

IX

Use salted Norwegian anchovies soaked for two hours in cold water.
Split down the back, bone and skin, cut into strips, and arrange
on a platter. Mince separately parsley, capers, boiled carrots,
beets, and the whites and yolks of hard-boiled eggs. Arrange small
piles of contrasting colors among the fish and pour over a French
dressing.

X

Fry thin circles of bread, put a pimola in the centre, and curl an
anchovy around it. Fill the remaining space with chopped hard-boiled
eggs and serve as a first course at dinner or luncheon.

TWENTY-SIX WAYS TO COOK BLUEFISH Pt. #4

BLUEFISH A LA VENETIENNE

Prepare according to directions for Baked Bluefish a la Italienne,
adding to it a chopped tomato and six whole mushrooms. Sprinkle
with crumbs, dot with butter, brown in the oven, and sprinkle with
minced parsley.

FRIED FILLETS OF BLUEFISH

Cut the fish into fillets and soak for half an hour in olive-oil
and lemon-juice. Dip in crumbs, then in beaten egg, then in seasoned

cracker crumbs, and set into a cold place for an hour. Fry in deep
fat and serve with Tartar Sauce.

FRIED BLUEFISH

Clean the fish, season with salt and pepper, dredge with flour
and fry in plenty of hot lard. Drain on brown paper and garnish
with parsley.

STEAMED BLUEFISH

Season the fish with salt and pepper and pour over it a cupful of
vinegar. Let stand for an hour, pour off the vinegar, and steam
for twenty minutes. Serve with any preferred sauce.

TWENTY-SIX WAYS TO COOK BLUEFISH Pt. #3

BROILED BLUEFISH AU BEURRE-NOIR

Broil a bluefish according to directions previously given. Mix
together one tablespoonful each of vinegar and minced parsley,
one teaspoonful of lemon-juice, and salt and pepper to season.
Put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a frying-pan and when it
browns add the other ingredients. Bring to the boil and pour it
over the broiled fish.

BROILED BLUEFISH WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Broil a bluefish according to directions previously given, and
sprinkle with lemon-juice. Pour over a Cream Sauce to which prepared
mustard has been added.


MATELOTE OF BLUEFISH

Prepare according to directions given for Matelote of Blackfish,
using white wine instead of Claret.

STUFFED BLUEFISH--I

Prepare according to directions given for Stuffed Sea-Bass.

STUFFED BLUEFISH--II

Scrape, clean, and dry a large bluefish.

Chop three onions fine and fry in butter. Add enough mashed potatoes
to make the required quantity of stuffing, and season with salt,
pepper, minced parsley, and melted butter. Fill the fish and sew
up. Rub with melted butter, put a little hot water into the pan,
and bake for thirty minutes, basting as required. Garnish with
lemon and parsley.

ESCALLOPED BLUEFISH

Flake cold cooked bluefish and mix it with an equal quantity of
mashed potatoes. Fill buttered shells, sprinkle with grated cheese,
cover with crumbs, dot with butter, and brown in the oven.

FILLETS OF BLUEFISH A LA DUXELLES

Skin, bone, and fillet a bluefish. Season with salt and pepper,
and cook with melted butter and lemon-juice until firm. Take from
the fire and cool. Prepare a Duxelles Sauce, boil down until thick,
and cook the fish with it. Dip in crumbs, then in beaten egg, then
in crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Serve with the diluted sauce poured
around the fish.

FILLETS OF BLUEFISH WITH ANCHOVY SAUCE

Prepare the fish according to directions

given in the preceding recipe, cooking with white wine as well as
lemon-juice. Prepare a Cream Sauce, and add to it two tablespoonfuls
each of butter and anchovy paste. Pour over the fish and serve.

BLUEFISH A L'ICARIENNE

Scale and score a two-pound bluefish, and put in a buttered baking-dish
with three tablespoonfuls each of mushroom liquor and white wine,
and salt and pepper to season. Cover with a buttered paper and
bake for fifteen minutes. Take out the fish and add to the sauce
three tablespoonfuls of stewed and strained tomatoes and one
tablespoonful of chopped, cooked, smoked beef tongue. Bring to the
boil, pour over the fish, and serve.

TWENTY-SIX WAYS TO COOK BLUEFISH Pt. #2

BAKED BLUEFISH WITH WHITE WINE SAUCE

Put a cleaned bluefish into a buttered pan with salt, pepper, minced
parsley, sweet herbs, a sliced onion, two cupfuls of white wine,
and one cupful of white stock. Cover with a buttered paper and
cook for forty minutes, basting as required. Take out the fish,
strain the sauce, and thicken with a tablespoonful of flour cooked
in butter. Boil for ten minutes, add three tablespoonfuls of butter,
the juice of half a lemon and three egg yolks well beaten. Bring
to the boil, pour over the fish, and serve.

BAKED BLUEFISH A LA NAPLES

Prepare the fish according to directions given for Baked Bluefish--II.
Fry in butter for five minutes two tablespoonfuls each of chopped
onion, carrot, and lean raw ham. Add twelve pepper-corns, two cloves,
and a sprig of marjoram. Add two and one half tablespoonfuls of
flour and cook until brown. Add gradually one cupful of brown stock
and one and one fourth cupfuls of white wine. Cook until thick,
stirring constantly, strain, reheat, pour over the fish,
sprinkle with minced parsley, and serve.

BOILED BLUEFISH

Prepare according to directions given for Boiled Bass.

BROILED BLUEFISH--I

Split the fish down the back and soak for half an hour in brine.
Rinse in fresh water, dry on a towel and broil on a buttered broiler.
Serve on a hot platter with melted butter poured over, and garnish
with watercress and sliced lemon.

BROILED BLUEFISH--II

Clean and split down the back, season with salt and pepper, and
broil according to directions previously given. Sprinkle with minced
parsley and lemon-juice and pour over a little melted butter. Serve
with a border of mashed potatoes.

PAN-BROILED BLUEFISH

Lay the fish flesh side down in a well greased, very hot pan. Turn
with a pancake-turner.

TWENTY-SIX WAYS TO COOK BLUEFISH Pt. #1

BAKED BLUEFISH A L'ITALIENNE

Score and scale the bluefish and put it into a buttered pan with
three tablespoonfuls each of white wine and mushroom liquor, a
tablespoonful of chopped onion, half a dozen chopped mushrooms
and salt and pepper to season. Cover with buttered paper and bake
for fifteen minutes. Take out the fish and add to the sauce half a
teaspoonful of beef extract, dissolved in half a cupful of boiling
water. Add a wineglassful of white wine and thicken with one
tablespoonful each of butter and browned flour. Pour the sauce over
the fish, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and serve.

BAKED BLUEFISH--I

Clean, scrape, and split the fish and take out the backbone. Gash
the flesh and insert a thin slice of salt pork under the skin.
Make a stuffing of one cupful of bread-crumbs, two tablespoonfuls
of chopped salt pork, and salt,

minced parsley, chopped onion, red pepper, kitchen bouquet, and
tomato catsup to season. Add one egg well beaten. Fill the fish and
sew up. Lay on thin slices of salt pork and bake, basting frequently
with the fat. Garnish with cress and lemon.

BAKED BLUEFISH--II

Clean a large bluefish, put into a baking-pan, pour over it a cupful
of boiling salted water, cover and bake for an hour, basting frequently.
Put on a serving platter, and thicken the sauce with browned flour,
seasoning with salt, pepper, Worcestershire and tomato catsup.
Serve with a garnish of sliced lemon.

BAKED BLUEFISH--III

Make a stuffing of bread-crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of minced onion,
a teaspoonful of minced parsley, three tablespoonfuls of butter,
one egg well-beaten, and salt and pepper to season. Stuff the fish
and tie securely. Bake in a pan with a cupful of hot water and a
tablespoonful of butter, basting frequently. Take out the fish,
boil up the sauce, add a tablespoonful of catsup, a tablespoonful
of browned flour wet with four tablespoonfuls of cold water, and
the juice of a lemon. Cook until thick, and strain.

BAKED BLUEFISH--IV

Prepare a stuffing of crumbs, grated onion, beaten egg and capers.
Stuff a large bluefish and sew up. Season with salt and pepper,
rub with butter, and add sufficient boiling water. Bake, baste
frequently, and serve with any preferred sauce.

BAKED BLUEFISH--V

Make a stuffing of one cupful of bread-crumbs, a tablespoonful of
melted butter, and salt and pepper to season. Fill the fish and
sew firmly. Gash the fish and lay strips of pork in the gashes.
Cover with crumbs, dot with butter and add sufficient boiling water
to keep from burning. Bake for an hour, basting frequently. Garnish
with parsley and lemon and serve with tomato sauce.

BAKED BLUEFISH--VI

Slit a large bluefish, take out the bone, put in a buttered baking-dish
and season with salt and pepper. Fry a chopped onion in butter, add
half a dozen chopped mushrooms, three tablespoonfuls of chopped
cooked egg-plant, and a teaspoonful of minced parsley. Add two
cupfuls of stock, and cook for fifteen minutes. Thicken with a
tablespoonful or more of flour rubbed smooth in cold water,