Planked Shad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 lbs shad
salt and pepper, to taste
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 cups mashed potatoes, hot
parsley, for garnish
lemon, for garnish

Preparation

Clean and dress fish.
Broil for ten minutes; place on a hot, buttered plank, skin side down.
Season well, pour melted butter over the top and bake at 400F for 15 minutes.
Protect plank from scorching by coating with damp salt, excluding the parts not covered by the fish. (The salt dries and is easily removed before mashed potato is added.).
Remove plank from oven and pipe mashed potatoes decoratively around fish.
Return to oven until potatos are golden and fish well done.
Garnish with parsley and lemon slices.