SC - SC: Fried "Mice" (sage leaves)

[Kathleen A. Moore]

Title:Art Library, UofL
Phone:(502)852-6741

My Barony's cooks' group occasionally goes fritter-crazy, frying just
about anything that'll hold the batter.  We found a "traditional" recipe
for whole sage leaves that was too weird not to try, especially when we
ran across almost the exact recipe in *Epulario*.

The modern source said to leave as much stem as possible on the sage leaves,
both as a "handle" for dipping into the batter then the oil, and also to
resemble a tail; this is because of the way that the batter puffs up during
the frying, yielding a truely light brown, mouse-shaped fritter!  Pretty
tasty, too, altho some felt the sage was kinda strong; our solution was to
make the batter slightly sweeter, and/or use a flavored ale or beer as the
liquid in the batter.

- --Mist. Cordelia, Baroness Flame, Midrealm

THANKS--Kathy
kamoor01 at ulkyvm.louisville.edu
Bridwell Art Library, 102 Schneider Hall, Belknap Campus
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292