Fritters | with Ackee And Salt fish how to make Jamaican fritters
Why is it called a fritter?
Fritter derives from the Late Latin frictura, meaning “a fry.” Frictura, in turn, derived from the Latin berb frigere which meant “to fry” or “to roast.” Our word fry obviously derives from this word as well. Words such as frittata and fricasse also owe part of their origin to these roots