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Flitters or fritters?
The North Side Primary School fish fry on Friday night not only raised money but it may also have helped solve an island–wide question.
The fish dinners included delicious circles of fried dough, leading inevitably to the issue: are such delicacies called flitters or fritters?
John Smith, president of the district PTA, did the cooking toward the end of the evening, so he seemed to be a likely source of information.
But Mr. Smith just smiled and agreed with a variation of the old George Town joke – “We don’t pronounce them, we just eat them.”
The next morning, North Side librarian Blonice Whittaker was approached on the topic.
Mrs. Whittaker cited an impeccable source – her grandmother. She said Rosanna Ebanks had explained the facts long ago. The regular flour dough when cooked becomes flitters. But when a pinch of sugar is added, the final product is fritters.
Either way, they’re delicious.
[Caymanian Compass]
The North Side Primary School fish fry on Friday night not only raised money but it may also have helped solve an island–wide question.
The fish dinners included delicious circles of fried dough, leading inevitably to the issue: are such delicacies called flitters or fritters?
John Smith, president of the district PTA, did the cooking toward the end of the evening, so he seemed to be a likely source of information.
But Mr. Smith just smiled and agreed with a variation of the old George Town joke – “We don’t pronounce them, we just eat them.”
The next morning, North Side librarian Blonice Whittaker was approached on the topic.
Mrs. Whittaker cited an impeccable source – her grandmother. She said Rosanna Ebanks had explained the facts long ago. The regular flour dough when cooked becomes flitters. But when a pinch of sugar is added, the final product is fritters.
Either way, they’re delicious.
[Caymanian Compass]
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