Shrimp Fritters

Ingredients

• three well-beaten eggs
• one-quarter cupful of milk
• one tablespoonful of melted butter
• one-half pound of picked shrimps
• enough stale bread crumbs to make a stiff batter

Method

1. 1

   Make a batter with eggs, salt, milk, and melted butter.

2. 2

   Chop shrimps and stir into the mixture, adding bread crumbs.

3. 3

   Drop by spoonfuls into boiling fat and fry until light brown.

4. 4

   Drain and serve hot with cream sauce colored with tomato or anchovy sauce.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from High living (1904) by Linie Loyall McLaren,, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SHRIMP FRITTERS — Make a batter of three well-beaten eggs, a pinch of salt, one-quarter cupful of milk, one tablespoonful of melted butter. Chop slightly with a silver knife one-half pound of picked shrimps, and stir into the mixture, adding enough stale bread crumbs to make a stiff batter

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