1 tablespoon lard,
1 pint com meal,
f pint of sour milk,
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1 small teaspoon soda in milk and stir till it foams,
1 egg,
^ teaspoon salt✪ Marcellus's Corn-Meal Batter Cakes.
Beat egg and pour milk over it and add meal.
Then mix in the melted lard, 1 tablespoonful.
Have griddle very hot and well greased and put on
with spoon in small cakes and fry.
EGG BREAD
Pour a little boiling water over 1 quart of meal
to scald it. Add a teaspoon of salt and stir in yolks
of 3 eggs, 1 cup of milk, 1 tablespoon of lard, and
butter melted. Add the well-beaten whites last.
Bake in moderate oven till well done — nearly an
hour.
JOHNNIE CAKE
1 quart meal,
1 pint warm water,
1 teaspoon salt.
Sift meal in a pan and add water and salt. Stir
it until it is light, and then place on a new,
clean board and place nearly upright before the
fire. When brown, cut in squares, butter nicely,
and serve hot.
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BREADS
KENTUCKY CORN DODGERS
Favorite Dinner Bread
Mrs. Simms
Sift the best meal made from the white corn,
any quantity desired. Salt to taste. Mix with
cold water into stiff dough and form into round,
long dodgers with the hands. Take the soft dough
and form into shape by rolling between the hands,
making the dodgers about 4 or 5 inches long and
1^ inches in diameter. Have a griddle hot, grease
a little with lard, and put the dodgers on as you
roll them. Put in oven and bake thoroughly, when
they will be crisp and a rich brown.
This bread does not rise.
CORN DODGERS
1 pint of white corn meal, sifted,
f teaspoon of salt,
enough fresh milk, with
2 tablespoons of cream, to mix it well into dodgers
with the hands.
Have griddle very hot; sprinkle with a little
meal, and as soon as it browns lay the bread on
and cook in a hot oven till a crisp rich brown.
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SPOON CORN BREAD
3 eggs,
nearly a quart of buttermilk,
1 teacup of sweet milk,
a light teaspoonful of soda,
lard the size of a walnut,
4 or 5 large spoonfuls of com meal (after it is
sifted).
Bake in an earthen dish an hour. Serve with a
spoon.
HANOVER ROLLS
Miss Ddbney
Sift twice 9, quarts of flour,
Add 4) tablespoons yeast.
Add 1 tablespoon lard or butter,
1 tablespoon sugar,
1 dessertspoon salt and a pinch of soda.
Use enough lukewarm water to make the mass
soft enough to knead well, and put where it will
rise. When light, grease the hands and make into
rolls. Let it rise again and then bake.
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BREADS
HOW TO MAKE BREAD
Mrs. John C. Berryman
1 cup of yeast,
1 quart of flour,
1 teaspoon of lard,
1 teaspoon of salt✪ Egg Bread,
1 teaspoon of granulated sugar,
^ pint of water.
Put the yeast, lard, salt, and sugar in the flour,
then the water. Work till it blisters, which will
take from 15 to 20 minutes. Put in a little lard
on top and put in a wooden bowl. Let it rise from
6 to 6 hours, then make out into rolls. Let them
rise for \\ hours, then bake in a quick oven.
If for loaves, they will require 2 hours for sec-
ond rising and a moderate oven for baking.
LAPLANDS
1 pint miU(,
^ pint flour,
2 eggs,
1 dessertspoon lard✪ Laplands.
Beat separately and light as for cake. Bake in
small shallow pans.
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LIGHT ROLLS
2 pints flour,
1 tablespoon of sugar,
1 teaspoon salt,
2 eggs,
^ cup of lard, ✪ Light Rolls
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
1 tablespoon lard, 1 pint com meal, f pint of sour milk,
1 small teaspoon soda in milk and stir till it foams,
1 egg,
^ teaspoon salt.
Beat egg and pour milk over it and add meal. Then mix in the melted lard, 1 tablespoonful. Have griddle very hot and well greased and put on with spoon in small cakes and fry.
EGG BREAD
Pour a little boiling water over 1 quart of meal to scald it. Add a teaspoon of salt and stir in yolks of 3 eggs, 1 cup of milk, 1 tablespoon of lard, and butter melted. Add the well-beaten whites last.
Bake in moderate oven till well done — nearly an hour.
JOHNNIE CAKE
1 quart meal,
1 pint warm water,
1 teaspoon salt.
Sift meal in a pan and add water and salt. Stir it until it is light, and then place on a new, clean board and place nearly upright before the fire. When brown, cut in squares, butter nicely, and serve hot.
KENTUCKY CORN DODGERS
Favorite Dinner Bread
Mrs. Simms
Sift the best meal made from the white corn, any quantity desired. Salt to taste. Mix with cold water into stiff dough and form into round, long dodgers with the hands. Take the soft dough and form into shape by rolling between the hands, making the dodgers about 4 or 5 inches long and 1^ inches in diameter. Have a griddle hot, grease a little with lard, and put the dodgers on as you roll them. Put in oven and bake thoroughly, when they will be crisp and a rich brown.
This bread does not rise.
CORN DODGERS
1 pint of white corn meal, sifted, f teaspoon of salt,
enough fresh milk, with
2 tablespoons of cream, to mix it well into dodgers
with the hands.
Have griddle very hot; sprinkle with a little meal, and as soon as it browns lay the bread on and cook in a hot oven till a crisp rich brown.
SPOON CORN BREAD
3 eggs,
nearly a quart of buttermilk, 1 teacup of sweet milk, a light teaspoonful of soda, lard the size of a walnut,
4 or 5 large spoonfuls of com meal (after it is
sifted).
Bake in an earthen dish an hour. Serve with a spoon.
HANOVER ROLLS
Miss Ddbney
Sift twice 9, quarts of flour,
Add 4) tablespoons yeast.
Add 1 tablespoon lard or butter,
1 tablespoon sugar,
1 dessertspoon salt and a pinch of soda.
Use enough lukewarm water to make the mass soft enough to knead well, and put where it will rise. When light, grease the hands and make into rolls. Let it rise again and then bake.
HOW TO MAKE BREAD
Mrs. John C. Berryman
1 cup of yeast,
1 quart of flour,
1 teaspoon of lard,
1 teaspoon of salt,
1 teaspoon of granulated sugar,
^ pint of water.
Put the yeast, lard, salt, and sugar in the flour, then the water. Work till it blisters, which will take from 15 to 20 minutes. Put in a little lard on top and put in a wooden bowl. Let it rise from 6 to 6 hours, then make out into rolls. Let them rise for \\ hours, then bake in a quick oven.
If for loaves, they will require 2 hours for second rising and a moderate oven for baking.
LAPLANDS
1 pint miU(, ^ pint flour,
2 eggs,
1 dessertspoon lard.
Beat separately and light as for cake. Bake in small shallow pans.
LIGHT ROLLS
2 pints flour,
1 tablespoon of sugar,
1 teaspoon salt,
2 eggs,
^ cup of lard,
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