FLAP JACKS WITH RICE

Mix rice, milk, shortening, salt and well-beaten egg; stir in flour and baking powder which have been sifted together; mix well, adding more milk if necessary to make a soft batter. Bake on hot, slightly greased griddle until bubbles appear; turn over quickly and brown other side. Serve immediately on hot plate with plenty of butter and syrup or butter and cinnamon mixed with sugar.

Makes 24 flap jacks.

All measurements are level

“What?” spluttered Hun Bun, pushing back

His sparkling candy crown;

“Ho! fetch my dog! Ho! fetch my cane!

I’ll catch a train to town!”

And when his cane and dog were fetched

He hopped aboard the train,

And in a way I scarce can guess

And even less explain

Arrived at little Billy’s house.

He found the boy at tea.

“Hello!” cried Hun Bun, “Howdy-do!”

And likewise, “Howdy-de!”

Then Hun Bun’s dog began to bark,

You’ve heard of him, perhaps?

He’s full of ginger and of spice

His name is Ginger Snaps.

“Why, who are you?” gasped Billy

Nearly falling in his plate.

“I’m Hun Bun!” smiled the little chap,

“The Cooky Potentate.”

“Go on and eat your supper, boy,

’Twill make you strong and fat,

And fit to hit a punching bag

Or swing a baseball bat!”

“Not hungry” sighed the little lad

And scowled upon his meat,

And frowned into his glass of milk,

“There’s nothing fit to eat.”