The royal baker and pastry cook : $b A manual of practical cookery

what is most important, entirely digestible and wholesome. =Plain Fritter Batter.=—1 cup flour, ½ teaspoon Royal Baking Powder, ¼ teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, 1 cup milk. Sift dry ingredients together; add beaten eggs and milk; beat till smooth. =Apple Fritters.=—4 large sound apples, peeled, cored, and cut each into 4 slices, ½ gill wine, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon extract nutmeg. Place slices of apples in bowl with sugar, wine, and extract; cover with plate; set aside to steep two hours, then dip each slice in plain fritter batter, fry to light brown in plenty of lard made hot for the purpose; serve with sugar. =Fruit Fritters.=—Any kind of fruit may be made into fritters, as directed for apple fritters. Whole canned fruits, drained from syrup, may also be used. Apples and other fruits may also be prepared, coarsely chopped, stirred into a plain fritter batter, and dropped by small spoonfuls into smoking hot fat, finishing as already directed. =Banana Fritters.=—Peel bananas, cut in lengthwise slices. Let them steep an hour with sugar and lemon juice, dip in fritter batter, and fry as directed for apple fritters. =Corn Fritters.=—To 1 pint scraped corn add ½ cup milk, ½ cup flour, 1 tablespoon melted butter, 2 beaten eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, ⅓ teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder. Beat well, and fry in small spoonfuls as directed. =Clam Fritters.=—Wash and dry 25 good-sized clams or 2 strings soft-shell clams, discarding black part. Chop fine. Make a plain fritter batter, using the clam liquor (or that and milk) in place of milk. Stir in the chopped clams, season well with salt and pepper, and fry as directed. =Oyster Fritters.=—Substitute oysters for clams as in above receipt. =Pineapple Fritters.=—Sprinkle half-inch slices of fresh pineapple with sugar and sherry; let stand 1 hour. Dip each into plain fritter batter, drop into deep kettle of smoking hot fat, fry brown. Drain on paper and sprinkle with powdered sugar. =Strawberry Fritters.=—Crush and sieve fresh berries to make 1 cup pulp. Add 3 beaten eggs, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 cup flour mixed with 1 teaspoon Royal