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Lunch
Halibut Soup
A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring cold boiled halibut, with the original instructions and source page intact.
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What you’ll need
Ingredients
- ¾ cup cold boiled halibut
- 1 pint milk
- 1 slice onion
- Blade of mace
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1½ tablespoons flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Few grains pepper
Make it happen
Directions
- 1
Rub fish through a sieve. Scald milk with onion and mace. Remove seasonings, and add fish. Bind with half the butter and flour cooked together. Add salt, pepper, and the remaining butter in small pieces.
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