Corn Dodgers.
3 gills of corn meal.
1/2 teaspoonful of salt.
1 tablespoonful of sugar.
1 teaspoonful of butter.
1/2 pint of boiling water, generous.
Sausage or pork fat, or any good drippings for frying.
Put the meal, salt, sugar, and butter in a bowl and pour the boiling water on the mixture. Beat the batter vigorously for two or three minutes; then shape it with the hands into small, flat cakes. Have in the frying-pan hot fat to the depth of half an inch. When it is smoking hot, put in the cakes and fry on one side until brown, then turn and brown on the other side. Serve very hot.