Take a piece of raw smoked salmon the size of your hand, or larger in
proportion to the number who are to sit down to supper. Wash it in two
waters, rubbing off the salt. Lay in a skillet with enough warm—not
hot—water to cover it; let it simmer fifteen minutes, and boil five.
Remove it, wipe dry, and lay on a buttered gridiron to broil. When
it is nicely browned on both sides, transfer to a hot dish; butter
liberally, and pepper to taste. Garnish with hillocks of grated
horse-radish interspersed with sprays of fresh or pickled fennel-seed,
or with parsley.
Raw smoked salmon is in common use upon the supper-table, cut into
smooth strips as long as the middle finger, and rather wider; arranged
neatly upon a garnished dish, and eaten with pepper-sauce or some other
pungent condiment.