Fried Salsify

Original Recipe

Stew the salsify as usual till very tender; then with the back of a spoon or a potato jammer mash it very fine. Beat up an egg, add a teacupful of milk, a little flour, butter and seasoning of pepper and salt. Make into little cakes, and fry a light brown in boiling lard.

Ingredients

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  • 1 spoon or a potato jammer mash it very fine
  • 1 teacupful of milk
  • 1 little flour
  • 1 light brown in boiling lard

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Stew the salsify as usual till very tender; then with the back of a spoon or a potato jammer mash it very fine.

  2. 2

    Beat up an egg, add a teacupful of milk, a little flour, butter and seasoning of pepper and salt.

  3. 3

    Make into little cakes, and fry a light brown in boiling lard.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)