Fried Oyster Plants

Ingredients

• a bunch of oyster plant or salsify
• pieces three inches long
• a tablespoonful of flour
• the juice of a lemon
• salt
• pepper
• chopped parsley
• one-half a pound of sifted flour
• a teaspoonful of baking powder
• two tablespoonfuls of oil
• one egg
• the yolk of one egg
• three gills of tepid water

Method

1. 1

   Clean the oyster plant, split lengthwise, and cut into pieces.

2. 2

   Boil until tender in salted water mixed with flour and lemon juice.

3. 3

   Drain, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and parsley; dip in frying batter and fry in deep fat until golden.

4. 4

   Pile on a napkin and surround with fried parsley.

5. 5

   To make the frying batter, mix flour, baking powder, oil, salt, egg, yolk, and dilute with tepid water to a thick batter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Louis' every woman's cook book (1910) by Louis Muckensturm, page 47. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRIED OYSTER PLANTS Clean a bunch of oyster plant or salsify. Split them lengthwise and cut into pieces three inches long. Boil until tender in salted water in which a tablespoonful of flour and the juice of a lemon has been mixed. Drain well, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and chopped parsley; dip in a frying batter and fry in deep fat to a golden colour. Pile up the pieces on a folded napkin and surround with fried parsley. To make the frying batter, put one-half a pound of sifted flour into a bowl, add a teaspoonful of baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of oil, a pinch of salt, one egg, and the yolk of one egg. Dilute with three gills of tepid water

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