Put a large cut of salmon into a buttered saucepan with salt, pepper, a bunch of parsley, a chopped onion, and sweet herbs. Add half a cupful of white wine and enough stock to cover. Simmer until the fish is done and drain carefully. Strain the liquid and thicken with flour cooked in butter. Peel and slice three small cucumbers, parboil in salted water, drain, and fry in butter with a little sugar. Add to the sauce with a tablespoonful of butter and the juice of a lemon. Pour over the fish and serve.
SALMON CROQUETTES—I
Cook together one tablespoonful of butter and two tablespoonfuls of flour, add one cupful of cream, and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Take from the fire, add one egg well beaten, and one pound of cold cooked salmon flaked. Let cool, shape into croquettes, dip into egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Serve with any preferred sauce.
SALMON CROQUETTES—II
Cook together one tablespoonful of butter and three tablespoonfuls of flour. Add one cupful of cream, and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Season with salt, red pepper, and minced parsley, take from the fire, add the juice of a lemon and a can of flaked salmon. Mix thoroughly and cool. Shape into croquettes, dip in egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
SALMON CROQUETTES—III
Cook together one tablespoonful of flour and two of butter, add a cupful of cream or milk, and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Take from the fire, add an egg well beaten, half a cupful of crumbs, a small can of flaked salmon, and salt, red pepper, and powdered mace to season. Mix thoroughly, cool, shape into croquettes, dip into egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
SALMON CROQUETTES—IV
Cook together two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour and add one cupful of cream in which the yolks of two eggs have been beaten. Cook until very thick, stirring constantly. Take from the fire, add a pound can of salmon, flaked, salt and pepper to season, and a teaspoonful of minced parsley. Stir in the beaten whites of the eggs and cool. Shape into croquettes, dip in egg and crumbs, fry in deep fat, and serve with Tomato Sauce.