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FRIED SMELTS

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

193
Calories
6g
Protein
18g
Fat
1g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lard 1 tbsp (12.8g) 115
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one pound of lard into the frying-pan
  • one egg^ beat up in a plate

Directions

1

Split them just far enough to clean them, lay them in salt and water, and let remain ten minutes; then wash them clean, wipe them dry ; have ready one egg^ beat up in a plate and some cracker crumbs in another plate ; put about one pound of lard into the frying-pan, set it on the fire until it is very hot ; dip the smelts into the egg^ roll them in the crumbs, and put them into the boiling fat ; fry them a light brown ; serve ihem hot with drawn butter. Strain this fat into a small pot to use again for the same purpoBe.

By E. Putnam · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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