Shell Fish

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FRIED SCAMPI

Make a frying batter of 4 oz
flour, 3 tablespoons of oil or
melted butter, three-quarters of a
tumbler of tepid water, a pinch of
salt, and the beaten white of an
egg. Mix the flour and the butter or
oil, adding the water gradually,
and keeping the batter smooth and
liquid. Make it some time before it
is needed, and add the beaten
white of egg at the last moment.

Dip the tails of the scampi, or