To Fry Smelts

Ingredients

• Egg and bread crumbs
• a little flour
• boiling lard

Instructions

1. Smelts should be very fresh, and not washed more than is necessary to clean them.
2. Dry them in a cloth, lightly flour, dip them in egg, and sprinkle over with very fine bread crumbs, and put them into boiling lard.
3. Fry of a nice pale brown, and be careful not to take off the light roughness of the crumbs, or their beauty will be spoiled.
4. Dry them before the fire on a drainer, and servo with plain melted butter.
5. This fish is often used as a garnishing.