Price served as a pudding dish 10c 4 cups flour - 1 pound.

1 large teaspoon baking powder.

2 cups water slightly warm.

3 eggs.

3 tablespoons melted lard,

1 of molasses.

Pinch of salt.

Lard to fry.

Sift the flour into a pan and throw in the powder, make a hollow in middle, put in all the rest - the water not quite cold enough to set the shortening - and stir up thoroughly into a soft fritter dough. It may need another basting spoon of water. Beat well. Fry large spoonfuls in hot lard or good fat from the meat pans. Serve 2 in a dish with 1/4 cup of sauce. Makes 24 fritters or according to size and how light the dough is made by beating.

Cost of material - flour 3, powder 1, eggs 5, shortening 1, molasses 1, lard consumed or damaged in frying 8; 19c for 24 fritters - sauce 15 - 34 cents for 12 dishes, 3c dish.