FRIED SARDINES.

6 sardines; 2 or 3 plain biscuits; 1 lemon; egg or milk;
6 fingers of fried bread; frying fat.

The sardines should be drained from their oil and brushed over with egg or milk. Crush the biscuit and rub them through a sieve. Roll the sardines in the biscuit crumbs. Have ready some hot fat, And when a faint blue smoke begins to rise put the sardines into a frying-basket and lower it gently into the fat. Fry pale brown. Drain well on soft paper, and arrange 1 sardine on each croûte of bread. Arrange the croûtes on a d’oyley on a hot dish and garnish with thin slices of lemon.
For 6 persons. Time -10 minutes.

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