RAIE AU BEURRE NOIR
Boil a piece of skate slowly in well salted water. When done, remove the skin and sprinkle with some blanched, that is, parboiled, capers. Pour over the fish a good quantity of butter which has been well browned in a frying pan; then a little boiling vinegar. Shake the platter once to mix the sauce together.
It may not commonly be known that the skate, so neglected in this country, takes very well the place of the delectable raie of Europe.
H. S., Chef, Ritz-Carlton Hotel.