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A historical recipe from Favorite Dishes, by Carrie V. Shuman (1893).

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A historical recipe

Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book, by Carrie V. Shuman (1893). Project Gutenberg eBook #6703.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. one teacup of boiling water
  2. one cup of fresh milk
  3. one tablespoonful of sugar
  4. one teaspoonful of salt
  5. one tablespoon of lard

Method

  1. EAGLE, of Arkansas, President of State Board and Lady Manager.
  2. Take one teacup of boiling water;
  3. stir in corn meal to make a stiff mush;
  4. let stand over night in moderately warm place.
  5. Then take one cup of fresh milk and one of warm water and heat together to a simmer and add to this the prepared mush, one tablespoonful of sugar and one teaspoonful of salt.
  6. To these ingredients add a little flour at a time, until you make a stiff batter.
  7. Place all in a milkwarm vessel of water, place near fire and keep warm until it rises-- about six hours.
  8. To this yeast add flour to make a stiff dough, using one tablespoon of lard and a little salt.
  9. Keep warm till it rises and bake about an hour and a half.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Favorite Dishes, by Carrie V. Shuman (1893). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #6703 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6703). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.