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46 Stir until thoroughly mixed and dump in a mass on a well-greased slab.

Manipulate in same manner as pecan fritters.

Sell for 10 cents apiece.

This size batch should make about forty fritters.

CACHEW NUT FRITTERS.

Place in copper kettle

Set on furnace and mix with paddle.

When mixture starts to boil place thermometer in and cook to 280 degrees.

When the thermometer registers 280 degrees remove it from batch and add to the batch 5 lbs. cachew nuts and 1 tablespoonful salt.

Stir from the sides of the kettle (to prevent breaking nuts) and cook until the nuts run or seem to slip from the paddle. It will take 5 minutes cooking after adding nuts.

Dump the batch in a mass on a well-greased slab and turn over and over for a few minutes before you start to make fritters out of it.

When the sugar and nuts are thoroughly mixed start to manipulate in the same manner as pecan fritters.

Sell for 10 cents apiece.

This batch should make about forty-eight fritters.