Oyster Fritters

Ingredients

• Select the largest oysters
• lay on dry cloth
• salt
• pepper
• one cup of milk
• three beaten eggs
• six tablespoons of flour
• one teaspoon of baking powder
• Have a spider of hot fat as for fried cakes

Method

1. 1

   Put oysters in batter and drop one by one in the boiling hot fat.

2. 2

   First drop a small bit of bread in to test the heat; if it browns quickly it is hot enough.

3. 3

   Turn them when half done.

4. 4

   Cook them a golden brown.

5. 5

   It will take about four minutes.

6. 6

   Serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ... (1895) by William Hart Boyd, page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oyster Fritters. Select the largest oysters, drain well, lay on dry cloth, salt and pepper them; take the liquor, boil and skim, add salt, one cup of milk, three beaten eggs, sift with six tablespoons of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, beat all well together. Have a spider of hot fat as for fried cakes

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.