In the mean time Butter some Eggs in the best manner, and mingle them with the buttered whitings, and mash them well together.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
Even when I used to meet him at the whitings, while I was still singing at the Metropolitan, I always felt that he was different from the others; that if I were in straits of any kind, I could call on him.
"Youth and the Bright Medusa"
Willa Cather
The fish turned out to be a hake; it weighed seventeen pounds, and when opened was found completely filled with whitings."
"Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals"
R. Lee