Fried Mush

Ingredients

• If there is any corn meal mush left from breakfast
• pour into a square cake tin

Method

1. 1

   Reheat and allow it to become smooth, then pour into a square cake tin, calculate the amount of mush to the size of the tin, so it will make a cake two inches in depth.

2. 2

   Cover when it cools and set in the refrigerator.

3. 3

   When it is needed for breakfast or supper, cut into squares about four inches in size and roll them in flour till quite dry.

4. 4

   Drop into smoking hot fat and fry brown.

5. 5

   Drain and serve hot with maple sirup.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Left-overs made palatable (1902) by Isabel Gordon Curtis, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRIED MUSH AND BACON Cook slices of bacon in the spider. Lift them out and lay on a hot plate. Cut cold mush in neat 42 Left-Overs slices, dip in flour, egg and crumbs. Fry in hot fat till brown and crisp on both sides. Drain on soft paper and serve with the bacon. This makes a delicious breakfast dish. FRIED MUSH If there is any corn meal mush left from break- fast do not scrape it in cold spoonfuls into a bowl; reheat and allow it to become smooth, then pour into a square cake tin

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