fritters (arlington)
(from Colonial Recipes, from Old Virginia and Maryland Manors by Maude Ada Bomberger, 1907)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
(from Colonial Recipes, from Old Virginia and Maryland Manors by Maude Ada Bomberger, 1907)
Ingredients:
1 quart flour
1 egg
large spoonful of yeast
milk
1 tbsp. melted butter
lard for frying
serve with wine and sugar, or molasses
Instructions:
Make up 1 quart of flour with 1 egg well beaten, a large spoonful of yeast, and as much milk as will make it a little softer than muffin dough. Mix it early in the evening. In the morning, when well risen, work in a tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Make into balls the size of a walnut and fry a light brown in boiling lard. Serve with wine and sugar or molasses.
This recipe for Fritters is from Mary Tabb Lee who was wife of Rooney Lee and daughter-in-law of Robert and Mary Lee. This was Mrs. Lee's recipe which was given to Mary Tabb Lee.
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