This makes it tender, takes off
the coat of salt, and prevents the strong oily taste, so apt to be
unpleasant in preserved fish. The same rule applies to smoked salmon.
Salt fish mashed with potatoes, with good butter or pork scraps to
moisten it, is nicer the second day than it was the first. The fish
should be minced very fine, while it is warm. After it has got cold
and dry, it is difficult to do it nicely. Salt fish needs plenty of
vegetables, such as onions, beets, carrots, &c.
There is no way of preparing salt fish for breakfast, so nice as to
roll it up in little balls, after it is mixed with mashed potatoes;
dip it into an egg, and fry it brown.
A female lobster is not considered so good as a male. In the female,
the sides of the head, or what look like cheeks, are much larger,
and jut out more than those of the male. The end of a lobster is
surrounded with what children call 'purses,' edged with a little
fringe. If you put your hand under these to raise it, and find it
springs back hard and firm, it is a sign the lobster is fresh; if
they move flabbily, it is not a good omen.
Fried salt pork and apples is a favorite dish in the country; but it
is seldom seen in the city.
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