Recipe - French Fried Mushrooms

One half cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Baking powder
1/8 teaspoon Pepper
1 Egg; separated
1/3 cup Milk
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 pound Fresh whole mushrooms;
cleaned
5 cup Corn cereal; crushed to make
1 2/3 cup Total after crushing

Thoroughly mix flour, salt, baking powder & pepper. Beat egg yolk & milk
together. Blend in dry ingredients. Beat egg whites until foamy, add sugar
& beat until stiff, but not dry. Fold into milk mixture. Dip mushrooms into
batter. Drain. Roll in corn crumbs. Drop a few at a time into deep, hot
(385 degrees) oil. Fry until golden brown (1 or 2 minutes, turning once).
(May also be used as an appetizer.) Yields 1820 mushrooms.

MRS. WILLIAM FLOWERS

From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, HelenaWest
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.