Surprise Balls

Ingredients

• 1 pint hot mashed Irish potatoes
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 1/2 teaspoon celery-salt
• 1 teaspoon minced parsley
• 1/2 saltspoon white pepper
• Yolk of one egg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients (except egg) and beat until light.

2. 2

   When slightly cool, add beaten egg yolk.

3. 3

   Shape, dip in egg crumbs, and fry in deep fat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Raleigh recipe book (1925) by Christ Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Ladies, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SURPRISE BALLS From cold mashed potatoes make slig'htlj" flattened balls ; with a tea- spoon press a hollow in the top. Chop fine some cold, lean meat, season it with salt and pepper and gravy and put one teaspoon of the meat into the hollow of the potato ball. Put a little melted butter on top and brown in oven. Mrs. John Ward. POTATO CROQUETS 1 pint hot mashed Irish potatoes % teaspoon celery-salt 1 tablespoon of butter 1 teaspoon minced parsley 1/2 saltspoon white pepper Yolk of one egg 14 teaspoon salt

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