Green Corn Fritters

Original Recipe

One pint of grated, young and tender, green corn, three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of milk or cream, one tablespoonful of melted butter, if milk is used, a teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs well, add the corn by degrees, also the milk and butter; thicken with just enough flour to hold them together, adding a teaspoonful of baking powder to the flour. Have ready a kettle of hot lard, drop the corn from the spoon into the fat and fry a light brown. They are also nice fried in butter and lard mixed, the same as fried eggs.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pint of grated
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tablespoonfuls of milk or cream
  • 1 tablespoonful of melted butter
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt
  • 1 teaspoonful of baking powder to the flour
  • 1 kettle of hot lard
  • 1 light brown

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One pint of grated, young and tender, green corn, three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of milk or cream, one tablespoonful of melted butter, if milk is used, a teaspoonful of salt.

  2. 2

    Beat the eggs well, add the corn by degrees, also the milk and butter; thicken with just enough flour to hold them together, adding a teaspoonful of baking powder to the flour.

  3. 3

    Have ready a kettle of hot lard, drop the corn from the spoon into the fat and fry a light brown.

  4. 4

    They are also nice fried in butter and lard mixed, the same as fried eggs.

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