The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, 1 large blade of pounded mace, 2 oz. of butter, 1/2 pint of stock No. 107, a paste crust (_see_ Pastry). For sauce, 1 tablespoonful of stock, 1/4 pint of cream or milk, thickening of flour or butter; lemon-peel chopped very fine to taste; 12 oysters. _Mode_.--Lay the cod in salt for 4 hours, then wash it and place it in a dish; season, and add the butter and stock; cover with the crust, and bake for 1 hour, or rather more. Now make the sauce, by mixing the ingredients named above; give it one boil, and pour it into the pie by a hole made at the top of the crust, which can easily be covered by a small piece of pastry cut and baked in any fanciful shape--such as a leaf, or otherwise. _Time_.--1-1/2 hour. _Average cost_, with fresh fish, 2s. 6d. _Seasonable_ from November to March. _Sufficient_ for 6 persons. _Note_.--The remains of cold fish may be used for this pie. CURRIED COD.