ISO: Pier House Conch Fritters

For some years I have tried to get the recipe for Conch Fritters served at Pier House in Key West, what I consider to be the best I ever had.

I originally contacted Pier House, and they indicated they would give me the recipe. Time passed, and I then got excuses of one sort or another, like they had to reportion the recipe for home use--not that I couldn't figure that for myself. The net is they reneged on their promise and I never got the recipe.

I wrote to Bon Appetit at one point and asked them to try to get the recipe for me. I never saw it published and never heard from them regarding the request.

In the course of all this, someone told me--right or wrong--that the recipe was in a cookbook called The Undersea Restaurant. Searches for this book have been unproductive. If it exists, I think it may be a pamphlet or a comb-bound book.

If anyone has this recipe, I would deeply appreciate your sharing it.

I have plenty of Conch Fritter recipes and may be able to decide what may be the closest matc, but I would rather have the authentic recipe or as close an imitation as possible.

I was lucky enough to get into the kitchen at Pier House and saw the consistency of the batter, which is a bit thick as the fritters are balls on the order of large hushpuppies rather than flat cakes.