Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   5      pounds        fresh shad -- cleaned
                        salt
                        white pepper
   2      tablespoons   sweet butter or margarine
   1      cup           chopped celery
   1      cup           chopped onion
   3      tablespoons   minced fresh parsley
   1      teaspoon      powdered sage
                        milk
                        ***CUCUMBER SAUCE***
   1 1/2  cups          mayonnaise
     1/2                cucumber -- seed & peel & chop
   2                    scallions -- chopped
   2      tablespoons   chopped parsley or chives
   1      teaspoon      fresh lemon or lime
                        juice

Preparation:

1. Season inside fish cavity with salt and white pepper. 2. Melt buffer in saucepan; saute~ celery, onion, parsley and sage in buffer until onion is transparent. 3. Fill cavity with celery-buffer mixture; skewer to close. 4. Place fish in baking dish; add milk to cover. 5. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil; bake in preheated 3()0O F. oven 5 hours. Bones will disappear! 6. Serve with Cucumber Sauce. Cucumber Sauce Blend all ingredients in food processor or blender or mix well. Delicious with milk-baked fish or broiled or sauteed shad fillets. NOTE: Fresh-water shad is very difficult to fillet, but when baked in milk, the bones literally disappear! Inexpensive Lenten offering when fish is in season!