Corn Fritters

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cup corn meal
• 1 egg yolk
• 3/4 cup bread crumbs fine
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• dash of salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

Method

1. 1

   Pour sugar and salt into milk and bring to boil in double boiler.

2. 2

   Pour in corn meal slowly, constantly stirring.

3. 3

   Let it boil gently for 20 minutes.

4. 4

   Take off fire and stir in the butter, lemon rind and egg yolk.

5. 5

   Turn mixture out onto a dampened bread board, and flatten out about half-inch thick.

6. 6

   Cool and cut into round or square pieces as suits your fancy, and dip into the beaten egg, then into bread crumbs.

7. 7

   Cook in hot deep fat, until dark brown.

8. 8

   Drain and serve with Vermont maple sugar or marmalade.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking with wholegrains (1947) by Ellen Orton, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CUPS MILK % CUP RAISINS V4 TEASPOON SALT Sprinkle cracked wheat into boiling water in top of double boiler, stirring until thickened. When water is absorbed add all other ingredients and steam in double boiler for three hours. Serve hot with cream or top milk. Steamed Oatmeal Pudding 4 CUP BUTTER OR CHOPPED SUET, 1 1% CUPS SCOTCH OATMEAL OR BOTH 14 TEASPOON SODA VY CUP MOLASSES I TEASPOON SALT I CUP HOT BUTTERMILK I CUP RAISINS AND CHOPPED DATES I EGG, BEATEN Crush soda in the palm of your hand and add to the oatmeal and salt. Cut suet or butter into the mixture with a knife. Add hot buttermilk and molasses, then beaten egg and mix well. Add raisins and dates last. Put this batter into a buttered mold no more than 24 full, cover 54 COOKING WITH WHOLEGRAINS closely, place mold in another dish of boiling water, having the water come half way up on the mold. Steam 2 or 2% hours adding hot water to the steamer as required. Serve hot with Boiled Cider Hard Sauce or Steamed Pudding Sauce. This recipe makes a generous amount since it is poor economy to make a small amount in one steaming. However, the pudding is just as good, if not better, warmed in a strainer placed over boiling water for 10 or 15 minutes. Mother’s Suet Pudding I CUP SOUR MILK OR BUTTERMILK I TEASPOON SALT I CUP SUET, CHOPPED FINE I TEASPOON CINNAMON I CUP MOLASSES 14 TEASPOON CLOVES 21% CUPS WHEAT FLOUR 14 TEASPOON NUTMEG I TEASPOON SODA I CUP RAISINS Mix together milk, suet and molasses. Sift wheat flour, measure, add other dry ingredients and sift into the batter. Mix well and add raisins. Pour into a greased mold no more than % full. Cover closely and steam 3 hours with the water half way up on the mold. Or steam 2 hours in smaller containers. Serve with Steamed Pudding Sauce. Mother’s Steamed Pudding Sauce I CUP SUGAR 2 TABLESPOONS BUTTER 3 TABLESPOONS CORNSTARCH 2 CUPS BOILING WATER A LITTLE SALT 14 TEASPOON VANILLA Mix together sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add the boiling water and cook until the sauce is clear, stirring to keep it smooth. Add butter and vanilla last. Serve hot over steamed puddings. Southern Souffle V6 CUP CORN MEAL 11% CUPS MILK 4 TEASPOON SALT GRATED RIND OF HALF LEMON {CUP SUGAR 4 EGG YOLKS 4 CUP BUTTER 4 EGG WHITES DESSERTS & CEREALS 55 Here is a fine dish, equally good as a side dish or dessert. Scald milk and add 2 teaspoons of butter and the salt. Stir in corn meal and cook until the thick paste is smooth. Take off stove and cool. Now cream the rest of the butter with sugar and lemon rind and beat in egg yolks thoroughly. Add the cooled paste. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold into the mixture. Put into a buttered pudding dish about a 2 inch thick layer of mixture and spread over it a coating of your favorite marmalade, then another layer of mix- ture and so on, having top layer that of the mixture. Bake about an hour or until done, in medium oven. You can serve wine sauce on it. Corn Fritters 4 % CUP CORN MEAL I EGG YOLK yy CUP BREAD CRUMBS FINE I EGG, WELL BEATEN I TABLESPOON SUGAR I TABLESPOON BUTTER DASH OF SALT I CUP MILK I TEASPOON GRATED LEMON RIND

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