RECIPE WEDNESDAY: Clam fritters from 1920

Recipe Wednesday – Great recipe from the past

From a Pennsylvania 1920 newspaper:

Clam Fritters

1 pint of clams
2 eggs
¼ cupful cornstarch
½ cupful of flour
½ teaspoonful of salt
1/8 teaspoonful of pepper

Drain the clams after cleansing them; chop, add the eggs, well beaten, and stir in the cornstarch and seasoning. Mix well and drop by spoonfuls in hot fat. Fritters, like croquettes, should be placed on light brown paper to drain.

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Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey