Elderberry Blossom Fritters

(From Stuttgart Cook Book.)
Take 1/2 lb. of flour into a bowl and stir it smooth with a glass of wine, 3 eggs and 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar. Then heat thoroughly a piece of lard the size of a walnut, and stir this in the batter. Now, have ready a kettleful of lard good and hot, dip the flowers of the elderberry 1 by 1 in the batter, taking hold of the stem and then putting it into the boiling lard. As soon as the dough is set take a pair of scissors and cut off the
large stems, being careful not to burn your fingers. When the fritters are a golden brown on both sides put them on a platter and sprinkle them generously with sugar, or sugar and cinnamon mixed. These are delicious eaten with coffee, or very nice but rather rich with whipped cream.