Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Erken's guide to deep-frying: the fat is hot enough when it stops bubbling and begins to smoke (about 200 °C), 250 °C for very crisp things. The food must be fully breaded with rusk crumbs, completely covered by fat, fried in small batches, and set on paper or a cloth afterward.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 162 (falt i det fri)
Erken's guide to deep-frying, written in an age without thermostats and deep-fryers. She explains how to read the fat's temperature from the bubbles, the smoke, and the sound, and why the fat must be truly hot before anything is put in.
Heat the fat correctly
Heat the fat in a pot. As long as the fat bubbles and sputters, there is still water in it, and the thermometer shows 100 °C (210 °F). When the water has evaporated, the fat becomes still, and soon begins to smoke – then the temperature is around 200 °C (390 °F).
Choose the heat level
About 200 °C (390 °F) suits small pieces of meat or fish, especially breaded things. Things that are to become very crisp, like thin potato slices, need about 250 °C (480 °F). The fat can reach about 300 °C (570 °F), depending on which type of fat is used.
Bread well
Croquettes and other things to be deep-fried must be completely covered with rusk crumbs. If there are only patches of breading, they easily split there.
Fry
Never put anything in the pot before the fat is hot; whatever is fried in lukewarm fat only soaks up fat and turns bad in both flavor and appearance. The fat must cover the food completely. Do not put in too many pieces at once, or the fat cools down so much that it soaks into the food before it can brown.
Lift out and keep warm
Put the finished food at once on paper, flatbread, or a warm cloth on an upturned wire sieve, so the steam can escape. Serve right away if possible; if it must stand a while, it must stand in a hot oven – steam makes it soggy.
Mind the pot
When the fat pot is at the right heat, it must not stand idle. Put in at least a slice of bread or potato, so the fat does not burn as easily.
No amounts are given in the original; the ingredient list is therefore stated without amounts. The text is divided into numbered work steps in modern Norwegian. "Griljert" (deep-fried breaded) is kept, but explained as breaded with rusk crumbs.
Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Note til Modernisert
Ingen mengder er oppgitt i originalen; ingredienslisten er derfor angitt uten mengde. Teksten er delt i nummererte arbeidstrinn på moderne norsk. «Griljert» er beholdt, men forklart som panert med kavring.
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