§ pint of milk, 2 tablespoons of corn meal, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of lard, 1 tablespoon of white sugar. Pour boiling milk over salt and meal and stir well. Set to rise at night. Next morning add hot water to warm it; then flour enough to make it thick. Then add sugar and melted lard.

Mould in loaves and put to rise in a warm place. When risen, bake in moderately hot oven.

Salt-Rising Bread (No. 2)

1 pint of new milk, which boil and thicken with meal. Keep in a warm place 12 hours. Pour in a teacup of lukewarm water, then stir in flour enough to make thick batter. Set the batter in kettle of warm water to rise and it will be high enough in 2 hours. Then take 6 pints of flour and 1 teacup of buttei or lard, after having mixed batter with flour, and knead all thoroughly. Put in pans and let it rise, and then bake till it is light brown. Open door of oven and let the bread stand for a while till it is soaked well.

Steam Pone

Mrs. John W. Fox

1 teacup New Orleans molasses,

5 teacups corn meal,

2 teacups brown flour,

1 teaspoon salt,

1 quart buttermilk,

2 teaspoons soda.

Mix thoroughly and place in air-tight bucket. Set in kettle of boiling water and boil for 6 hours. Then take from bucket, put in pan and bake slowly for 2 hours till a rich brown.