oyster fritters
(from Housekeeping in the Blue Grass, by the Paris Ladies of the Presbyterian Church, 1875)
Ingredients:
(from Housekeeping in the Blue Grass, by the Paris Ladies of the Presbyterian Church, 1875)
Ingredients:
two eggs
bread crumbs
flour
milk
pepper & salt
lard
Instructions:
Take two eggs; bread crumbs and flour, and enough milk to make a stiff batter; season with pepper and salt. Take equal portions of batter and lard, and put this in frying pan; drop in a spoonful of batter and one or two oysters; cook brown and turn carefully. This is a nice breakfast dish.
Abraham Lincoln loved oysters.
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