Whole Salmon with Apples and Beets

Ingredients

• •1 5 to 6 pound salmon
• •3 tablespoons salt
• •4 tablespoons butter
• •3 cups boiling water
• •1 cup raw or cooked apples, chopped
• •1 cup cooked chopped beets
• •Celery
• •Lemon quarters

Directions

1. 1Clean the fish, but do not remove head or tail. Remove viscera and clean fish well. Sprinkle with salt and let stand for a few minutes.
2. 2Melt butter in a large kettle or deep frying pan and brown the fish on all sides. Pour the boiling water over the fish, and simmer until tender.
3. 3Place the whole fish on a serving platter. Keep hot.
4. 4Cook beets until softened (or use canned). Peel or chop or cube.
5. 5Mix 1 tablespoon water, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1 tablespoon sugar, and pour over beets. Let stand for 1/2 hour or longer. Drain. Or mix beets with a little sour milk or sour cream.
6. 6Chop or cube raw or cooked apples. Place small mounds of apples and beets around fish. Between mounds, place lemon quarters and celery.