LEMON FISH

Boil three tablespoons of vinegar, one sliced onion, six whole peppers, salt, one piece of stick cinnamon, and a little water, then add sliced fish.  When fish has boiled twenty minutes remove and arrange on platter.  Strain the gravy and add the well-beaten yolks of two eggs, juice of two lemons, sugar to taste and twelve grated almonds.  Let all come to a boil, then pour over the fish, sprinkle finely chopped parsley on top and garnish with sliced lemons.  Bluefish, mackerel, shad, salmon and porgies may be cooked with this sauce.

SWEET SOUR FISH

First cut up and salt the fish.  Shad, trout or carp can be used.  Put on fish kettle with one and one-half cups of water and one cup of vinegar, add one onion cut in round slices, one dozen raisins, one lemon cut in round slices, two bay leaves, six cloves.  When this mixture begins to boil, lay in your fish and cook thoroughly.  When done remove fish to platter.

Put liquor back on stove, add three tablespoons of granulated sugar (which has been melted and browned in a pie plate without water), then add two tablespoons of flour which has been rubbed smooth with a little water.  Let boil well and pour over fish.  If not sweet enough add more sugar.  Serve cold.

SWEET AND SOUR FISH

Place the fish in strong salt water for one hour before cooking.  Take three parts of water and one of vinegar, put in saucepan with some sliced onions and some raisins, and let boil until tender.  Add brown sugar to taste, a piece of rye bread from which the crust has been removed, and some molasses.  Boil the sauce, then place the fish in and let all cook twenty minutes.  When done, arrange on platter with sliced lemon and chopped parsley.

SWEET SOUR FISH WITH WINE

Put on to boil in fish kettle, one glass water, one-half glass vinegar, two tablespoons of brown sugar, one-half dozen cloves, one-half teaspoon of ground cinnamon, one onion cut in round slices.  Boil thoroughly, then strain and add to it one lemon cut in round slices, one goblet of red wine, one dozen raisins, one tablespoon of pounded almonds; put on stove again, and when it comes to a boil, add fish that has been cut up and salted.  Cook until done, remove fish to a platter, and to the liquor add a small piece Leb-kuchen or ginger cake, and stir in the well-beaten yolks of four eggs; stir carefully or it will curdle.  If not sweet enough add more sugar.  Pour over fish.  Shad or trout is the best fish to use.

FISH STOCK

Put in a saucepan a tablespoon of butter or butter substitute, add a tablespoon each of chopped onion, carrot and turnip.  Fry them without browning, then add fish-bones, head, and trimmings, a stalk of celery, sprigs of parsley and of thyme, a bay-leaf, a tomato or a slice of lemon.  Cover with water and let them simmer for an hour or more.  Season with salt and pepper and strain.