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Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures by Joe Tilden
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Boil three large roes in water with, a very little vinegar for ten
minutes. Remove from the fire and plunge into cold water, wipe the
roe dry and break into bits without crushing. Have ready the yolks
of three hard-boiled eggs. Mash them into a cup of drawn butter with
salt, pepper, chopped parsley, a teaspoonful of anchovy paste, the
juice of half a lemon and a cup of bread crumbs. Mix very lightly with
the broken fish roe. Place in a baking dish, cover with bread crumbs
and bits of butter, and brown in the oven.

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Kedgeree

Boil two tablespoonfuls of rice and drain it as dry as possible. Have
ready a cupful of cooked fish of any sort broken into pieces. Mix it
thoroughly with the rice and heat over the fire; season with salt and
pepper. Beat an egg lightly and stir into it. Serve at once.

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Bouillabaise

The fish used for bouillabaise may be any kind of firm white fish,
and for the following recipe, about two pounds are required. Heat in
a soup kettle four tablespoonfuls of olive oil and fry in it two large
onions sliced, and two cloves of garlic. Add the fish cut into bits
and just cover the mixture with warm water. Then add salt, pepper,
half of a bay leaf, two large tomatoes, peeled and chopped, the juice
of half a lemon and one cup of white wine. Cook over a brisk fire
twelve minutes, or until the liquor is reduced one-third. Add one
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