This is an excerpt from Das Kuchbuch der Sabina Welserin
(Germany, 16th century - V. Armstrong, trans.)
The original source can be found at
David Friedman's website
86 If you would bake good fried Strauben. Then bring water to a boil and pour it on the flour, stir it together well, beat eggs into it and salt it, take a small Strauben funnel, which should have a hole as wide as a finger, and let the batter run through and fry the Strauben. The batter should be warm.
Other versions of this recipe:
To bake Strauben for a meal (Das Kuchbuch der Sabina Welserin)
To bake white Strauben (Das Kuchbuch der Sabina Welserin)
If you would fry white Strauben (Das Kuchbuch der Sabina Welserin)