Salsify, or Oyster Plants
Ingredients
Directions
Scrape the salsify and cut it into long strips.
Parboil the salsify until tender.
Chop the parboiled salsify finely and mix it with egg batter.
Alternatively, boil the salsify whole, then fry it in egg batter.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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