Remembering the Past Australia
Pumpkin Fritters (1921)
First published in the ‘Queensland Times’, 26 February 1921.
- one breakfast-cupful cold pumpkin mashed
- one thick slice of bread soaked in milk and water, squeezed dry
- one dessertspoonful sugar
- one egg well-beaten
- about one tablespoonful flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- Mix all very smoothly.
- Just before frying add about a quarter-teaspoonful of baking powder.
- The batter should be considerably thicker than pancake batter. If not thick enough add more flour.
- Drop-in tablespoonfuls into a frying-pan, and fry in the usual way.