Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesLeslie, Eliza
General
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Leslie, Eliza
Cooking, American
Pour into a pan three pints of cold water, and stir gradually into it a
quart of sifted Indian meal which has been mixed with half a pint of
wheat flour, and a small tea-spoonful of salt. Give it a hard stirring
at the last. Have ready a hot griddle, and bake the batter immediately,
in cakes about the size of a saucer. Send them to table piled evenly,
but not cut. Eat them with butter or molasses.
This is the most economical and expeditious way of making soft Indian
cakes; but it cannot be recommended as the best. It will be some
improvement to mix the meal with milk rather than water.
JOHNNY CAKE.
Sift a quart of Indian meal into a pan; make a hole in the middle, and
pour in a pint of warm water. Mix the meal and water gradually into a
batter, adding a small tea-spoonful of salt. Beat it very hard, and for
a long time, till it becomes quite light. Then spread it thick and even
on a stout piece of smooth board. Place it upright on the hearth before
a clear fire, with a flat iron or something of the sort to support the
board behind, and bake it well. Cut it into squares, and split and
butter them hot.
INDIAN FLAPPERS.
Have ready a pint of sifted Indian meal, mixed with a handful of wheat
flour, and a small tea-spoonful of salt. Beat four eggs very light, and
stir them by degrees into a quart of milk, in turn with the meal. They
can be made in a very short time, and should be baked as soon as mixed,
on a hot griddle; allow a large ladle full of batter to each cake, and
make them all of the same size. Send them to table hot, buttered and
cut in half.
INDIAN MUFFINS.
Sift and mix together a pint and a half of yellow Indian meal, and a
handful of wheat flour. Melt a quarter of a pound of fresh butter in a
quart of milk. Beat four eggs very light, and stir into them
alternately (a little at a time of each) the milk when it is quite
cold, and the meal; adding a small tea-spoonful of salt. The whole must
be beaten long and hard. Then butter some muffin rings; set them on a
hot griddle, and pour some of the batter into each.
Send the muffins to table hot, and split them by pulling them open with
your fingers, as a knife will make them heavy. Eat them with butter,
molasses or honey.
WATER MUFFINS.
Put four table-spoonfuls of fresh strong yeast into a pint of lukewarm
water. Add a little salt; about a small tea-spoonful; then stir in
gradually as much sifted flour as will make a thick batter. Cover the
pan, and set it in a warm place to rise. When it is quite light, and
your griddle is hot, grease and set your muffin rings on it; having
first buttered them round the inside. Dip out a ladle full of the
batter for each ring, and bake them over a quick fire. Send them to
table hot, and split them by pulling open with your hands.
COMMON MUFFINS.
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