Planked Shad or Whitefish

Clean and split a three−pound shad. Put skin side down on a buttered oak plank one inch
thick,
and a little longer and wider than the fish, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and brush over with
melted butter. Bake twenty−five minutes in hot oven. Remove from oven, spread with butter,
and garnish with parsley and lemon. The fish should be sent to the table on plank. Planked
Shad
is well cooked in a gas range having the flame over the fish.