1 1/2 pts, of sifted buckwheat flour, 1 coffee cup of cornmeal, 1 coffee cup yeast, 1 tablespoon of butter and lard, mixed and melted, 1 heaping tablespoon of 'brown sugar. Mix the buckwheat with the yeast, using a granite spoon; add meal, salt and enough lukewarm water to make a stiff batter. In the morning stir it, add sugar, lard and a pinch of soda, thin with a little sweet milk. If wanted for breakfast make at 8 o'clock in the evening, and for tea, make about 10 a. m. - Mabel Sturtevant, 105 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.

Buckwheat Pancakes

Mix 3 tablespoons molasses with a qt. of sour milk or buttermilk and 2 beaten eggs, then add, stirring slowly, enough buckwheat flour to make a nice batter, and 1 handful of cornmeal, 1 teaspoon soda. Salt to taste, 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Bake immediately on hot griddle. - Mrs. Julius Casper, Wheeling, 111.

Variation I

1 qt. buckwheat flour, 1 pt. of wheat flour, 1/2 teacup- of yeast, a pinch of salt. Make into a batter and set to rise. Thin with a cup of sweet milk and add a small pinch of soda. Bake quickly on a well-greased griddle, butter while hot and send to the table. - Mrs. I. S. Putnam, Wheeling, 111.