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Conference turris::cooks

Title:	How to Make them Goodies
Notice:	Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:	FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski

Created:	Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4127
Total number of notes:	31160

3595.0. "Clam Cakes" by LEDS::SIMARD (just in time.....) Tue Aug 11 1992 15:13

This is a recipe that I learned this weekend when a friends mother (she's 80)
came over and gave a few of us a cooking lesson of some of her favorite recipes.

This first recipe is for Clam Cakes,  the next is for Manhatten Clam Chowder
and the last is a simple Pineapple Pistachio Delight for desert.

I will enter the other two in succeeding notes.  I also know all about  
"red" clam chowder and I apologize for insulting us Yankees.  I 
am also a devout Yankee I too felt some disrespect in enjoying it but I soon 
    got over it.  You will too, keep an open mind.


The first recipe for this note is:

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				CLAM CAKES

	Beat together:	

		2 Eggs
		2 tbsp Sugar
		1 tsp Salt
		
	Add and beat until smooth:

		1 1/2 Cups Milk
		1/2 cup Clam Juice
		3 cups Flour
		3 tsp Baking Powder

	Strain and Add:
		1 cup of chopped fresh clams (canned if you must) 
		to the above, mix with a spoon.

	Heat 3 lbs Crisco to 425-450 in electric fry pan (find one that goes up 
	that high.

		DON'T COOK IN OIL, THEY ABSORB TOO MUCH OF IT.

	Cook until both sides are turned and browned.

	We used a half a small ice cream scoop to measure each cake.  The 
	batter needs to be room temperature before you fry.  Drop the batter
	very quickly into the fat.

	ENJOY they are very tender and light

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3595.1	Clamcakes	RDVAX::BELMORE		`Wed Aug 12 1992 16:20`	7
	I'm a little confused. You say to heat up 3 lbs of Crisco but "not to cook in the oil" because they absorb too much. Can you explain? Do you mean that one should heat up all 3 lbs of the Crisco but put it aside and only use a little at a time for the actual cooking? Thanks
3595.2	"in oil", not "in THE oil"	PENUTS::DDESMAISONS		`Wed Aug 12 1992 16:31`	11
	>> DON'T COOK IN OIL, THEY ABSORB TOO MUCH OF IT. If I might guess, this means don't cook in oil, not don't cook in Crisco, the shortening. Correct? Di
3595.3	in Crisco not a cooking oil	LEDS::SIMARD	just in time.....	`Thu Aug 13 1992 08:54`	1

3595.4	Crisco vs. Oil	RDVAX::BELMORE		`Thu Aug 13 1992 12:57`	1
	OK, thanks!
3595.5	my hips are getting wider just thinking about it	CFSCTC::CARROLL	a woman full of fire	`Fri Sep 18 1992 16:05`	5
	3 pounds of Crisco??? Are you serious??? D!
3595.7	3lbs Crisco in a deep fry pan works well	LEDS::SIMARD	just in time.....	`Mon Sep 21 1992 11:01`	3
	3 lbs of melted Crisco fits just fine in a high side electric fry pan, or you can use a deep fryer. They cooked up fine in the electric fry pan. But the temp has to get to 425 degrees!
3595.8		LEDS::SIMARD	just in time.....	`Mon Sep 21 1992 11:03`	6
	this definitely does NOT mean cook in 3 TBSP of fat like a patti! Try it and you won't be happy campers. This is deep fat fry and I use a fry pan and the fat covers the critters. I just pop them over when they get browned on the bottom.