Fish
Split down the back, and broil as beefsteak. Fish does not require more than from 10 to 15 minutes to broil unless very large. Serve with teaspoonful of parsley and butter.
Fish Steaks, Stuffed with Oysters
3 ounces, 168.3 calories (about)
Halibut, trout, or any good baking fish, 235.8 calories (about)
| 2 slices of fish | 1 cup bread crumbs |
| 1-1½ in. thick | 4 tbs. butter |
| 1 doz. oysters | Salt and pepper |
Lay fish for one hour in a French dressing made from ½ cup of oil, ⅓ cup of vinegar, salt and pepper; drain and place upon slices of bacon, placed upon a fish sheet or dripping pan. Dip oysters first in melted butter, then in bread crumbs, and place upon the slice of fish, adjust second slice above, cover top with bread crumbs, dot with butter and bake 30 to 45 minutes in moderate oven. Serve with hollandaise sauce.
Lobster or Crab
1 serving lobster, 157 calories
1 serving crab, 154 calories
| 1 lobster, | 1 tbs. butter |
| or 1 crab | 2 tsp. butter |
| 2 tbs. bread crumbs | ¼ tsp. salt |
| ⅛ tsp. pepper | |
Boil lobster or crab until bright red, lift from boiling water.
Split lobster down the back and carefully remove cord, gall sack, and sand bag before broiling or serving. Serve with melted butter.
Pick meat from shell of crab, and mix with salt, pepper and butter. Stuff into shell. Cover top with bread crumbs, and brown in the oven.
Hollandaise Sauce
178 calories; 1 tablespoonful, 22 calories
| 1 egg (yolk only) | 1 tbs. butter |
| 2 tbs. lemon juice | ¼ cup boiling water |
| Salt and pepper to please | |
Beat egg yolk with lemon juice; add one-half the butter; place in double boiler over hot (not boiling) water. Stir until it begins to thicken and add remainder of butter; stir in boiling water, cook until of the consistency of boiled custard.