Corn Fritters with Herb & Scape Fried Potatoes

Day 259

Corn Fritters with Herb & Scape Fried Potatoes

Corn Fritters!

We love them so. They are simple to make and very cheap. 'Cept for the maple syrup, but some things are just worth it. We make a good homemade pancake syrup with butter, sugar and maple flavoring but, naturally, it's not as yummy as the real maple tree by-product.

Some corn fritter recipes are pretty fancy, but I'm not about fancy cooking, and besides, we've tried one of those fancy corn fritter recipes before and it was no better than this one. Here's how I make mine:

Ingredients
2 cups pancake mix (just add water kind)
1 can cream corn
1/2 can kernel corn
1/2 cup water
Oil for frying
Paper towel for draining

The pic below shows my corn fritter ingredients with the exception of the butter. Not sure what the butter is doing there. I used it for the potatoes, not the fritters.

Corn fritter ingredients 

Directions
Mix the pancake mix, corn and water to make a batter. Adjust as necessary, it should not be runny or doughy enough to form in a ball, but enough to drop in thick spoonfuls into the oil. Thicker than muffin batter. Thinner than cookie dough.

Corn fritter batter

Drop into the oil and cook 3 or 4 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels.

Corn fritters

Herb & Scape Fried Potatoes

These were sooo good. If you haven't had scapes but would like to give them a try, let us know and we'll try to save you a few. Locals only, of course, for fresh sake.

Scapes & scallions

Thyme, rosemary, oregano, & parsley

I fried these in butter which was a naughty thing to do, but then I threw in some garlic scapes, scallions and fresh herbs and redeemed myself by adding nutrients and antioxidants. hehe

Herb & Scape Fried Potatoes

Reviews/Comments

Laura loved the fritters. She didn't eat all her potatoes. I loved them both. I let Laura rate separately.
Fritters 10
Potatoes 10 (says she was full)