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Com Meal Slappers, or Griddle-Cakes

From Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book, 1884

Serves 6

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book (1884) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 65. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Com Meal Slappers, or Griddle-Cakes (no Soda). 1 pint corn-meal. I 1 saltspoonful salt. 1 teaspoonful butter. | 1 teaspoonful sugar. Pour into this mixture boiling milk or water enough to wet the meal. When cool, add two eggs, well beaten, and cold milk enough to make a very thin batter

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