Pork Pot-Pie

Ingredients

• pieces of ribs of lean salt pork
• a slice or two of the fat of salt pork
• half a dozen potatoes
• One pint of sour or buttermilk
• two eggs
• a teaspoonful of salt
• a level teaspoonful of soda
• as much flour as will make a very stiff batter

Method

1. 1

   Scald pork with hot water, cover with cold water, and boil for an hour.

2. 2

   Season with pepper, add potatoes, and when boiling, drop in dumplings made from buttermilk, eggs, salt, soda, and flour.

3. 3

   Cook for forty minutes, closely covered.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 93. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PORK POT-PIE. Take pieces of ribs of lean salt pork, also a slice or two of the fat of salt pork; scald it well with hot water so as to wash out the briny taste. Put it into it a kettle and cover it with cold water, enough for the required want. Cover it and boil an hour, season with pepper; then add half a dozen potatoes cut into quarters. When it all commences to boil again, drop in dumplings made from this recipe: — One pint of sour or buttermilk, two eggs, well beaten, a teaspoonful of salt, a level teaspoonful of soda; dissolve in a spoonful of water as much fiour as will make a very stiff batter

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