2. Verb. (third-person singular of fritter) ¹
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Definition of Fritters
1. fritter [v] - See also: fritter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fritters
Literary usage of Fritters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"fritters for company should be served on a folded napkin in the dish. Any sort
of sweetmeat, or ripe fruit, may be made into fritters. Oyster fritters. ..."
2. The Modern Cook: A Practical Guide to the Culinary Art in All Its Branches by Charles Elmé Francatelli (1880)
"APPLE fritters. CUT the apples in rather thick slices, scoop out the cores ...
When about to send the fritters to table, throw the pieces of apple into a ..."
3. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Prepare and cook as Apple fritters I. Apple fritters III. Sour apples. ...
Banana fritters I. 4 bananas. % tablespoon lemon juice. Powdered sugar. ..."
4. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1858)
"These fritters are improved by being moistened with a little good cream before
... MINCEMEAT fritters. With half a pound of mincemeat mix two ounces of fine ..."
5. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"Custard fritters.—Make a good custard, and steam it in ... Pudding fritters.—The
remains of any kind of pudding, not forgetting plum-pudding, may be served ..."
6. Virginia Cookery-book by Mary Stuart Smith (1912)
"Berry- ville fritters.—Quaking Pudding.—Pancakes.—Scotch Pancakes. FRENCH fritters.
PROVIDE one quart of fresh milk ; sift one quart of fine flour and mix ..."
7. Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book: Adapted for Families in by William Augustus Henderson, David Hughson (1828)
"Apple fritters. TAKE some of the largest apples you can get, pare and core them,
... Water fritters. TAKE five or six spoonsful of flour, a little salt, ..."
8. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"Cream fritters. Mix a pint and a half of flour with a ph t of milk ; stir in six
well beaten eggs ; add half a nutmeg ; then two tea- spoonfuls of salt, ..."
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