Set over night, adding the lard in the morning.
Grandpa’s Favorites. ✠
- 1 quart milk.
- 2 cups stale bread-crumbs.
- 1 good handful of flour.
- 1 tablespoonful melted butter.
- 3 eggs, well beaten.
- 1 teaspoonful salt.
Work the bread and milk smooth, stir in the butter and eggs, then the salt, lastly just enough flour to bind the mixture. If too thick, add milk. These are wholesome and good. Take care they do not stick to the griddle.
Risen Batter-Cakes.
- 3 cups white Indian meal.
- 1 cup white flour.
- 1 tablespoonful butter, melted and added in the morning.
- 1 quart milk.
- 4 tablespoonfuls of yeast.
- 1 teaspoonful soda, dissolved in hot water, and added in the morning.
- 1 teaspoonful salt.
Mix over night.
Rice Cakes. ✠
- One cup cold boiled rice.
- One pint flour.
- One teaspoonful salt.
- Two eggs, beaten light.
- Milk to make a tolerably thick batter.
Beat all together well.