Fried Bass with Bacon

Wash, scale and carefully clean the bass, season well with pepper and salt, roll
them in flour and let them lie in it until ready to be co.oked, then drop into a pan of
very hot lard and fry until nicely browned. Then fry in a separate pan four slices of
streaky bacon ; one piece for each piece of the fish and lay the slices of bacon one
on each piece of fish. Garnish with parsley and serve with mashed potatoes.