Boiled Bass, or Other Fish

Ingredients

• as needed sufficient Water
• 1/2 cup White Vinegar
• 1 teaspoonful Salt
• 1 Onion
• 1 dozen Black Peppercorns
• 1 blade Mace
• 1 Fish (Bass or Other)
• 1 cup Butter (Drawn butter is butter that has been melted and clarified. The original recipe calls for 'drawn butter based upon the liquor in which fish was boiled'.)
• 1/2 Lemon Juice

Instructions

1. 1In a pot, add sufficient water to allow the fish to swim easily. Add the vinegar, salt, onion, peppercorns, and mace.
2. 2If desired, sew up the fish in a piece of clean net or muslin, fitted to its shape. This is optional.
3. 3Heat the broth slowly for the first 15 minutes (1/4 hour). Then, boil the fish for 8 minutes at a fast boil. The total cooking time is approximately 23 minutes.
4. 4Remove the fish from the net (if used). Pour the drawn butter over the fish and stir in the lemon juice.