Clam Fritters

Clam Fritters

Ingredients:
1 pint clams
11/3 cups flour
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup milk

Directions:
Salt
Pepper
Clean clams, drain from their liquor, and chop. Beat eggs until light, add milk and flour
mixed
and sifted with baking powder, then add chopped clams, and season highly with salt and
pepper. Drop by spoonfuls, and fry in deep fat. Drain on brown paper, and serve at once on a
folded napkin.
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Croquettes
Before making Croquettes, consult Rules for Testing Fat for Frying, ; Egging and
Crumbing, ; Uses for Stale Bread, ; and Potato Croquettes, .
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Chapter XXII − ENTRÉES 404
The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook
Banana Croquettes
Remove skins from bananas, scrape, using a silver knife to remove the astringent principle
which lies close to skin, and cut in halves crosswise; then remove a slice from each end. Dip
in
crumbs, egg, and crumbs again, fry in deep fat, and drain on brown paper.
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Cheese Croquettes
3 tablespoons
butter
1 cup mild cheese,
cut in very small
cubes