Salsify Oysters

Ingredients

• Salsify to taste
• Eggs to taste
• Flour to taste
• Salt to taste
• Red Pepper to taste
• Butter to taste

Directions

1. Scrape and boil the salsify.
2. Beat fine in a mortar (mash them until there are very few lumps).
3. Season with salt and red pepper.
4. Mix them in a batter of eggs and a very little flour.
5. Drop the size of an oyster (drop an amount roughly the size of an oyster in butter).
6. Fry a light brown.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Virginia Young
Louisiana Anthology
July 19, 2021