Fried Bread-Crumbs

Ingredients

• 4 oz stale bread
• 2 oz fresh butter

Instructions

1. Grate the stale bread lightly into very fine, uniform crumbs.
2. Shake the crumbs through a cullender or fine sieve without rubbing or touching them with your hands.
3. Dissolve the fresh butter in a frying-pan over moderate heat.
4. Throw in the crumbs and stir them constantly until they are all of a clear golden colour.
5. Lift them out with a skimmer and spread them on a soft cloth or white blotting paper laid upon a reversed sieve.
6. Dry them before the fire.