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THINGS MOTHER USED TO MAKE
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and fry on a griddle in butter or pork fat. Serve hot with butter and maple syrups.
Soft Gingerbread
- 1 Cupful of Molasses
- 1 Cupful of Sour Milk
- ½ Cupful of Butter or Lard
- 1 Teaspoonful of Ginger
- 1 Teaspoonful of Soda
- ½ Teaspoonful of Salt
Stir the soda into the molasses until it foams, add sour milk, ginger, salt and melted butter. Last of all, add flour enough for quite a stiff batter, and bake. This makes one sheet.
Huckleberry Cake
Pick over and wash and flour well one cupful of fresh huckleberries. Add these to the batter for soft gingerbread. Serve hot, with butter.
Quick Graham Bread
- 1 Pint of Graham Meal
- ½ Cupful of Molasses
- 1 Cupful of Sour Milk
- 1 Teaspoonful of Soda
- ½ Teaspoonful of Salt
Stir soda into the molasses, add sour milk and salt; add all to the meal, beating well. Sweet milk will do with a little less soda. Bake thirty minutes, or according to heat of the oven. A moderate oven is best.
