In cutting corn-bread, do not forget to hold the knife perpendicularly, that the spongy interior of the loaf may not be crushed into heaviness. Very good corn-bread is often ruined by neglect of this precaution.
Corn-Meal Muffins. (Raised.)
3 cups white Indian meal.
3 table-spoonfuls yeast.
1 cup flour.
1 quart scalding milk.
3 eggs, beaten to a froth, yolks and whites apart.
1 table-spoonful white sugar.
1 table-spoonful lard.