Salted Ling Fish      (serves yin)

Ingredients:

a gopin o' salted ling
3 medium sized prootas
1/2 pint o' fresh milk
yin guid pook o' butter

Method:

Steep the ling in cowl water o'er night
The next day when ready tae cook, drain aff the cowl water an' add some mair fresh watter jis' covering the fish
Bring tae aboil and soddle fer about 15 tae 20 minutes
Meanwhile peel an aboil the prootas
When ling is ready, drain.  The remove the skin an' bones, which is much easier when cooked
Put the fish in a deep plate an put the cooked prootas on tap o' the fish
Heat the milk an' butter in a wee pan
Lift aff the heat when the butter is melted through the milk
Add a drap o' pepper an stir it.  Poor this ower the fish an' prootas it is noo ready tae eat

This is a very oul' an' simple dish frae days gone by an' was wile cheap but also wile guid pakin'