The Story of Crisco

The Story of Crisco, 1913 — how Procter & Gamble taught America a new fat, with 250 recipes and a year of dinners to seal it.

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Coffee (XXXVIII)

*Fried Chicken, Swiss Style-Cook chicken in salted water till it is fairly tender. Take up, let get et cool, and cut into neat pieces for frying.

Sprinkle these pieces with salt, pepper, and onion juice, then moisten them well with melted Crisco. Let them stand 1 or 2 hours to absorb flavoring of dressing, then dip in batter and drop into hot Crisco to cook till brown. This batter make of 1 cup flour, as much milk as is needed to have it stiff, 2 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, and 1/2 cup brandy.

This batter will be better for standing, after it is mixed, for 1 hour. October 9

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