Southern Spoon Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup white cornmeal
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1/4 cup bacon fat or drippings
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 2 slices bread

Method

1. 1

   Scald cornmeal with boiling water.

2. 2

   Soak bread in cold water and milk.

3. 3

   Separate yolks and whites of eggs.

4. 4

   Beat each until light.

5. 5

   Mix ingredients in order given, folding in whites of eggs last.

6. 6

   Bake in buttered dish in hot oven for 50 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Foods that will win the war (1918) by Charles Houston Goudiss, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SOUTHERN SPOON BREAD 1 cup white cornmeal 2 cups boiling water 4 cup bacon fat or drippings 3 teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt eggs slices bread cup cold water Ne OO DD 1 cup milk AND. HOW TO COOK THEM 19 Seald cornmeal with boiling water. Soak bread in cold water and milk. Separate yolks and whites of eggs. Beat each until light. Mix ingredients in order given, folding in whites of eggs last. Bake in buttered dish in hot oven 50 minutes. SPOON BREAD 2 cups water 4 cup Sweet pepper 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon fat 1 cup cornmeal 2 eggs 2 teaspoons salt ~ Mix water and cornmeal and bring to the boiling point and cook 5 minutes. Beat eggs well and add with other materials to the mush. Beat well and bake in a well-greased pan for 25 minutes in a hot oven. Serve from the same dish with a spoon. Serve with milk or syrup. CORNMEAL RAGGED ROBINS 14 cups cornmeal 14 eups milk 1 cup bread flour 24 teaspoons cream of tartar 14 teaspoons salt

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