Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

by Marion Harland

Corn-meal Pone.

• 1 quart Indian meal.
• 1 teaspoonful salt.
• A little lard, melted.
• Cold water to make a soft dough.

Mould with the hands into thin oblong cakes, lay in a well-greased pan, and bake very quickly.

The common way is to mould into oval mounds, higher in the middle than at the ends, shaping these rapidly and lightly with the hands, by tossing the dough over and over. This is done with great dexterity by the Virginia cooks, and this corn-meal pone forms a part of every dinner. It is broken, not cut, and eaten very hot.