1 cup all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon Imperial Granulated Sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup water or milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cups whole kernel com, canned or frozen
Mix dry ingredients. Mix remaining ingredients together and combine with first mixture. Drop by tablespoonfuls into hot fat and cook on both sides until golden brown. Drain on paper towel. Serve as meat accompaniment or with maple syrup. Yield: about 16 fritters.
NOTE: Canned com should be well drained. Cook frozen com, then drain. One-half teaspoon liquid hot pepper may be added with other liquids, if desired.
Mama’s Sugar Economy Cookbook, 1915, 1975