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bacon, add a chopped onion, a pepper pod, a can of tomatoes, and
salt and black pepper to taste. Cook until it thickens, pour over
the fish, and finish baking. Take up carefully.

BAKED RED SNAPPER A LA CREOLE

Clean, split, and bone a large red snapper, lay it together again,
sprinkle with salt and pepper, and put into a buttered baking-pan.
Fry in butter a chopped onion, half a dozen sliced mushrooms, two
fresh tomatoes, and one green pepper chopped. Add a cupful of stock,
spread over the fish and bake for twenty minutes, basting with melted
butter and hot water as required. Take up carefully, sprinkle with
minced parsley, and serve.

STUFFED RED SNAPPER

Make a stuffing of one cupful of chopped oysters, half a cupful
of cracker crumbs, one egg well beaten, a teaspoonful of chopped
onion, a tablespoonful of butter, a tablespoonful of minced parsley,
and salt, pepper, and paprika to season. Add cream or oyster liquor
to make soft, fill the fish, and sew up. Put a layer of salt pork,
sliced tomato, and sliced onion into a baking-pan, lay the fish
upon it, cover with chopped salt pork, sprinkle with salt, pepper,
and flour, add two cupfuls of stock and bake for an hour, basting as
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required. Take up the fish carefully, rub the tomatoes and liquid
through a puree sieve, thicken with butter and flour cooked together,
pour around the fish, and serve.

STUFFED RED SNAPPER A LA CREOLE

Cook together a can of tomatoes, six chopped onions, a cupful of
dry bread crumbs, a tablespoonful of Worcestershire Sauce, three
tablespoonfuls of butter, and salt, red and black pepper to season.
Stuff the prepared and cleaned red snapper with the mixture, sew
up, spread with the remaining dressing, dot with butter, and bake
for an hour. Take up carefully.

STEAMED RED SNAPPER

Lay a cleaned red snapper in a steamer on a bed of sliced tomatoes
and chopped onion. Steam slowly for an hour or more, turning once.
Serve with Oyster or Tartar Sauce.

RED SNAPPER A LA BABETTE

Clean the fish and rub with salt and pepper inside and out. Boil
in salted water to which has been added a small bunch of parsley,
a celery root, two sliced onions, a chopped carrot, and a blade
of mace. When done, take up, sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter,
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and brown in the oven. Strain the liquid, thicken with butter and
flour cooked together, pour around the fish, and serve.

RED SNAPPER A LA BEAUFORT