TO BOIL HALIBUT.

Halibut is seldom cooked whole; a piece weighing from four to six
pounds being generally thought sufficient. Score deeply the skin
of the back, and when you put it into the kettle lay it on the
strainer with the back undermost. Cover it with cold water, and
throw in a handful of salt. Do not let it come to a boil too fast.
Skim it carefully, and when it has boiled hard a few minutes, hang
the kettle higher, or diminish the fire under it, so as to let it
simmer for about twenty-five or thirty minutes. Then drain it, and
send it to table, garnished with alternate heaps of grated horseradish
and curled parsley, and accompanied by a boat of egg-sauce.

What is left of the halibut, you may prepare for the supper-table
by mincing it when cold, and seasoning it with a dressing of salt,
cayenne, sweet oil, hard-boiled yolk of egg, and a large
proportion of vinegar.