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Plantain Fritters

From Culinary jottings, 1885

Serve warm.

Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Culinary jottings (1885) by A. R. Kenney-Herbert, page 261. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

plantain fritters." Mix p. . . f •.. '"'it^i your batter (which should be made exactly like that I have given for hramouskys, with sugar instead of salt) a goodly spoon- ful of rum, or any liqueur you may have in the house open. Tlic addition of a little liqueur is a great improvement. All who have tried pine-apple fritters witli rum will not hesitate to apply the same test to plantains. Dust over your fritters before serving them a nice coating of finely sifted white sugar. The rum or liqueur should be poured round the sliced plantains
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