Beat the eggs, adding the salt, sugar and a half teaspoonful of ground ginger. Add this mixture with the butter to milk and meal, then add the raisins and stir until perfectly mixed. Remove from the double boiler and bake for one hour.
You will agree with Dr. Eliot.
LXXIX
H. S. Cumming
(Surgeon General, U.S.P.H.S.)
VIRGINIA EGG BREAD
I am particularly fond of this dish—it is, I think, my favorite, and I pass along the recipe with the hope that others will find it as satisfying and delicious as do those who already list it among their favorites.
- 1 cup water ground corn meal (white)
- 2½ cups boiling water
- 1 cup sweet milk
- 3 or 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoonful salt
- 2 tablespoonsful butter
- 2 teaspoonsful sugar
Stir boiling water into the sifted meal; add sweet milk; when cool break eggs into the mixture and beat thoroughly; add salt, sugar and butter melted. Bake in well buttered baking dish in hot oven.