| 2 | cups of flour. |
| 1 | cup of milk. |
| 1 | rounded tablespoonful of butter. |
| 2 | eggs, beaten separately. |
| 1 | teaspoonful of baking-powder. |
| ½ | teaspoonful of salt. |
| 1 | teaspoonful of sugar. |
Beat the egg yolks first; then add the milk; melt the butter and put that in, then the flour, well mixed with the baking-powder, then the salt and sugar. Last, add the stiff whites of the eggs. Fill the pans half full.
"Some things, like cake, cannot bear to have the oven door opened while they are baking," said Mother Blair; "but salmon does not mind if you open quickly; so, Mildred, put these in as fast as you can; they will take about twenty minutes to bake. I do believe that is all we have to make except the tea, and that takes only a moment when everything else is ready. I will give you the receipt for it now, and after everybody is here and you have said 'How do you do?' to them, you can slip out and make this, and while it stands you can put the other things on the table. But perhaps you had better make some coffee too; the men may like it."
TEA
Fill the kettle with fresh, cold water and let it boil up hard. Scald out an earthen tea-kettle, and put in two rounded teaspoonfuls of tea for six people, or more, if you want it quite strong. Pour on six cups of boiling water and let the pot stand where it is warm for just two minutes. Scald out the pot you are going to send to the table, and strain the tea into that. Have a jug of hot water ready to send in with it.
COFFEE
| 1 | rounded tablespoonful of ground coffee for each person; and |
| 1 | extra tablespoonful. |
| ½ | cup of cold water. |
| 1 | egg shell, washed and broken, with a little bit of the white. |