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 CORN FRITTERS


 * MATERIALS

½ cup canned corn

1 egg

¼ teaspoon salt

1½ cup flour

1½ teaspoon baking-powder

2 tablespoons milk

½ cup fat for frying


 * UTENSILS

Tablespoon

Mixing-bowl

Sifter

Small bowl

Dover beater

Frying-pan

Pancake-turner

Colander with paper

DIRECTIONS


 * 1) Stir the corn and milk together in a mixing-bowl, and sift the flour, salt, and baking-powder into this.
 * 2) Beat the egg in a small bowl, add it to the materials in the mixing-bowl, and stir well together.
 * 3) Melt the fat in the frying-pan, and put the mixture into this (when the fat begins to smoke), a separate spoonful at a time. Turn the fritters frequently while frying, so that they will brown on all sides.
 * 4) Drain the fritters on soft crumpled paper in a colander.