Recipes from American Cookery by Amelia Simmons (1796)
FISH For dressing Codfish.
Put the fish first into cold water and wash it, then hang it over the fire and soak it six hours in scalding water, then shift it into clean warm water, and let it scald for one hour, it will be much better than to boil.
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