This section is from the book "Neighborhood Cook Book", by Circle No. 5, Women's Union, Hemenway Methodist Church. Also available from Amazon: Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.
1 1/2 cups corn meal, 2 cups sour milk. 1 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. sugar, 2 eggs. 2 tbsp. butter.
Mix dry ingredients. Beat eggs until very light with a Dover beater and gradually beat in the milk. Add to dry ingredients slowly, beating constantly. Heat iron frying pan very hot and add butter. Turn spider to cover sides and bottom well with melted butter. Pour in batter and bake 25 minutes in a hot oven. This will serve 6 persons. - Mary A. Ward.
2 heaping cups cornmeal, 1 heaping cup flour, 3 eggs beaten separately, 2 1/2 cups milk, 1 large tbsp. butter, melted but not hot, 1/2 cup sugar (less if not wanted sweet), 1 tsp. salt and 1 tsp. baking powder.
Mix in the usual order adding the beaten egg whites last. Bake steadily but not too fast.
- Mrs. W. F. Brugman.
2 cups corn meal, 2 cups sour milk. 1 tsp. soda dissolved in milk, 1 egg, a pinch of salt. 1 tbsp. lard, melted in pan in which corn bread is to be baked: 1 tsp. sugar may be added.
Mix well together and bake in moderate oven.
- Mrs. Robert Seefurth.
1 cup milk, 1 egg well beaten, 2 tbsp. brown sugar. 5 tbsp. melted butter, pinch of salt. Mix together; add 1 1/2 cups corn meal, 5 tbsp. flour, 2 tsp. baking powder sifted in the flour. Bake in buttered pan in quick oven.
- Mrs. U. G. Buck.
2 eggs, 1 cup corn meal (yellow), 1 cup flour (scant), 3 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 1/2 cups sweet milk, 2 tbsp. shortening (butter and Crisco).
Use iron skillet, put in 2 tbsp. shortening and melt. Beat eggs, add milk, then melted butter and Crisco. Sift dry ingredients twice, add to liquid and beat well. Pour into hot skillet and bake 25 minutes in hot oven.
- Mrs. M. V. Smurr.
 
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