Crisp Fried Smelt - Smelts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb fish fillet, of Smelts which is the name of a family of silvery fishes found in cool waters of the Northern Hemis
2/3 - 1 cup flour
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
oil or Crisco (for frying)

Preparation

Place flour in gallon or quart size storage bag add fish shake to coat.
Mix egg and milk together and dip fish to coat. Then reflour the fish.
In a large hot pan add frying oil or Crisco to cover bottom of pan, heat oil then place fish in till browned on one side flip and brown. About 2 minutes.
Remove to paper towel or brown paper to drain oil season generously with salt and pepper and garnish if desired with lemon.