Nana's Fried Shrimp Recipe

Ingredients:

Crisco
Shrimp
2 eggs
1/2 Cup lemon juice
dash of onion or garlic salt
dash of pepper
self rising flour
self rising white corn meal
paprika

Directions:

1. Peel and devein shrimp. It's easier if you do the deveining under cold running water.

2. Soak the shrimp in a mixture of 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of lemon juice, a little onion and garlic salt and pepper for 2 hours or more.

3. Make a mixture of self rising flour, self rising white corn meal ( half and half ) a little onion and garlic salt and pepper. Also, a good heavy sprinkling of paprika. Dredge the shrimp in the mixture good. You can do this early or as you are cooking it.

4. Have some Crisco oil fairly hot in the frying pan and by the time you put the last shrimp in the pan, it will soon be time to turn the first shrimp. Don't cook too long as this make the shrimp tough. Also, when buying shrimp, be sure they are not pink but pearly gray. That means they are fresh.