1 1/2 cups thick sour milk

1/2 cup sweet milk

3 tablespoons shortening, or thick sour cream 3/4 teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon salt

About 2 cups flour (just white flour may be used or it may be mixed with any other kind, such as Graham)

2 eggs beaten separately

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup ground dates

Sift flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl, add milk in which soda has been dissolved, yolk of egg, shortening, dates and egg whites. Cook in hot well greased waffle irons. Serve with butter and syrup.

Mrs. V. E. Metzler,

Coachella, Cal.

Southern Waffles

l 1/2 cups corn meal mush

I 1/2 cups milk

1/4 cup ground dates

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

3 tablespoons shortening 3 cups flour

Add milk to mush, then dry ingredients, mixed, yolks of eggs, shortening and whites of eggs beaten stiff. Cook in waffle irons.