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One pint of finely-chopped cooked salt fish, six medium-
sized potatoes, one egg, one heaping table-spoonful of butter,
pepper, two table-spoonfuls of cream, or four of milk.
Pare the potatoes, and put on in boiling water.
Boil half an hour.
Drain off all the water, turn the potatoes into the tray with
the fish, and mash light and fine with a vegetable masher.
Add the butter, pepper, milk and eggs, and mix all very
thoroughly.
Taste to see if salt is enough.
Shape into smooth balls, the size of an egg, and fry
brown in boiling fat enough to float them.
They will cook in three minutes.
If the potatoes are very mealy it will take more milk
or cream to moisten them, about two spoonfuls more.
If the fat is smoking in the centre, and the balls
are made very smooth, they will not soak fat;
but if the fat is not hot enough, they certainly will.
Putting too many balls into the fat at one time
cools it. Put in say four or five.
Let the fat regain its first temperature,
then add more.
Tags: Fish Recipes
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