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Codfish Balls

Name: Codfish Balls
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup salted codfish; 2 cups potatoes, boiled and mashed; ½ tablespoon butter; 1 egg; 2 cups oil for frying; 1 cup white sauce for serving

From Original recipes of good things to eat, 1919.

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 cup salted codfish
2 cups potatoes, boiled and mashed
½ tablespoon butter
1 egg
2 cups oil for frying
1 cup white sauce for serving

Method

Cover the codfish with boiling water.
When slightly cool, drain, shred, and add to the mashed potatoes.
Add butter and beaten egg, and mix thoroughly.
Shape into balls and fry in deep hot fat.
Drain and serve with white sauce.

Original recipe, verbatim

One cup of codfish, 2 cups potatoes, ^ tablespoon butter,
1 egg. Cover the codfish with boiling water. When it is
slightly cool, drain, shred and add to mashed potatoes, add
butter and beaten tgg. Mix thoroughly, shape into balls and
fry in deep fat. Drain and serve with white sauce.

Lillie Zoelck.

Transcribed as printed in Original recipes of good things to eat, 1919. Spelling and punctuation are left as in the source scan.

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