Baked Halibut

Original Instructions

1. 1

   Take a nice piece of halibut weighing five or six pounds and lay it in salt water for two hours

2. 2

   Wipe it dry and score the outer skin

3. 3

   Set it in a dripping pan in a moderately hot oven and bake an hour, basting often with butter and water heated together in a sauce pan or tin cup

4. 4

   When a fork will penetrate it easily, it is done. It should be a fine, brown color

5. 5

   Take the gravy in the dripping pan, add a little boiling water, should there not be enough, stir in a tablespoonful of walnut catsup, a teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, the juice of a lemon, and thicken with brown flour, previously wet with cold water

6. 6

   Boil up once and put in a sauce boat