Foods that will win the war and how to cook them (1918)

by C. Houston Goudiss; Alberta M. Goudiss

1¼ cups sour milk

½ teaspoon soda

2 tablespoons drippings

Sift flour, barley meal, salt and baking powder. Dissolve soda in a little cold water and add to sour milk. Combine flour mixture and sour milk, add beaten egg and melted fat. Bake in muffin pans in a moderate oven 25 minutes.

BARLEY SPOON BREAD

2 tablespoons pork drippings

3 cups boiling water

1 cup barley meal

2 eggs

Heat drippings in saucepan until slightly brown, add water and when boiling, add barley meal, stirring constantly. Cook in a double boiler one-half hour, cool, and add well-beaten yolks. Fold in whites, beaten. Bake in greased dish in moderate oven one-half hour.