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Florence White

Minnow Tansies

Izaak Walton, 17th Century

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By Florence White

Published 1932

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Ingredients

  • Minnows
  • yolks of eggs
  • cowslip ‘pips’ (or flowers) or primrose petals
  • a very little tansy juice
  • and a little clarified fat i

Method

  1. Wash the minnows well in salt, cut off their heads, tail them, and ’take out their guts.’
  2. Blend them with a few cowslip pips or primrose petals, some yolks of eggs, and a very little tansy juice.
  3. Season with pepper and salt, and
  4. Fry them in a little fat as you would any other fritter.

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