Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks: Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food

other nation. When you serve tunny, take it out of the bottle or jar and serve it on a small plate, or on a dessert-plate. A very small piece is served, generally like every other _hors-d'oeuvre_. _Salt Herring._--Soak in cold or tepid water; if soaked in tepid water, it does not require as long; the time must be according to the quality or saltness of the fish. Wipe dry, broil, and serve like salt mackerel. _Another way._--Salt herring may also be soaked in half water and half milk, or in milk only; drain and wipe dry. Bone and skin, cut off the head, tail, and fins, and serve with oil, vinegar, and pickled cucumbers. They are also served with slices of sour apples, or slices of onions, after being soaked and wiped dry. They may also be broiled slightly and served with oil only, after being soaked, or served with sour grape-juice. _Salt Pike._--It is prepared and served the same as salt herring; so is pickled trout. _Red Herring._--Wipe or skin them, they are not as good when washed; cut off the head and tail, split the back open, lay them on a warm and well-greased gridiron, set on a slow fire; spread some butter or oil on them, turn over, do the same on the other side; broil very little, and serve with a _vinaigrette_ and mustard to taste. _Another way._--Clean and split them as above, soak them in lukewarm water for two hours; take out, drain, and wipe dry. Mix two or three yolks of eggs with a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and a little melted butter; put some of the mixture around every herring, then roll them in fine bread-crumbs, place them on a gridiron on a slow fire: and when lightly broiled, serve as the preceding one. Red herring may also be broiled with bread-crumbs like salt herring. It is also served as a _hors-d'oeuvre_, cut in slices. _Salt Mackerel broiled._--If the fish be too salt, soak it for a while in lukewarm water, take off and wipe dry. Have a little melted fat