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Risen Corn Bread

A historical recipe from Common Sense in the Household, by Marion Harland (1880).

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A historical recipe

Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery, by Marion Harland (1880). Project Gutenberg eBook #48804.

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

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a tablespoonful butter

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Mix a tolerably stiff dough of corn-meal and boiling water, a little salt, and a tablespoonful butter.
  2. Let it stand four or five hours until light;
  3. make into small loaves and bake rather quickly.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Common Sense in the Household, by Marion Harland (1880). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #48804 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48804). 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.