This section is from the book "Ossoli Club Cook Book", by Ossoli Club . Also available from Amazon: How to Cook Everything.
(Vannortwick.)
1 quart of flour; 1 pint of milk; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 tablespoon lard; 1 egg; sift the flour, salt and baking powder together; mix in lard; stir in milk to a thin batter; add the beaten egg; drop in the pan with a roast; bake twenty minutes.
(Mrs. H. L. Taylor.)
Under this cry is sold by the old negro Creole women in the French portion of New Orleans every morning, this tasty dish: Boil soft one pound rice; when cold add three or four eggs; a large cup sugar; one package self-rising flour; soak a piece of bread in water, drain and take off the crust; mix it well with the rice; add a little grated nutmeg; and cook by dropping a spoonful at a time, in boiling lard. This dish is served for breakfast with hot coffee.
(Mrs. H. B. Roberta.)
2 eggs; 1 pint flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 cups sweet milk; 1 large tablespoon soft butter; 1 large tablespoon soft lard; and a little salt.
(Mrs. Traxel.)
1 quart of sweet milk; 4 eggs; 2/3 of a cup of butter; 1/2 a teaspoonful of salt; 3 teaspoons of baking powder; flour enough to make a nice batter.
(H. 0. Schumacher.)
1 pint milk; 3 eggs, beaten separately; 1/2 sup melted lard and butter; 2 teaspoons baking powder; flour enough to make batter as stiff as pancake batter; add baking-powder and whites of eggs, last minute before cooking.
1 pint sour cream; 1 pint flour; 3 eggs; 1/2 teaspoon soda; beat well and fill hot waffle-irons, which have been well buttered; cook till a rich crisp brown and serve hot with melted butter; be sure to have irons hot.
(Mrs. Chas. H. Warren.)
2 eggs; 1 pint milk; butter size of an egg; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 pint of flour; beat the eggs separately adding whites last thing; bake in hot waffle irons.
(Mrs. Hnssey.)
1 pint milk; pinch of salt; 1/2 cup of melted butter; 3 eggs, beaten separately; 2 teaspoons baking powder; beat in sifted flour to make rather thin batter.
(Mrs. George E. Moore.)
4 eggs beaten separately; 1 1/2 pints sour milk; 1/2 cup butter; 1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in milk; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; flour to make right stiffness. This is large recipe. Use half for small family.
(Mrs. Slade.)
1 cup of milk; 1 cup of flour; 1 egg, beaten separately; 1 tablespoon of melted butter; 1 teaspoon heaping of baking powder; 1 pinch of salt; mix the milk, flour, yoke of egg, butter and salt; add the well beaten white of an egg; just before baking add the baking powder.
(Mrs. Luther.)
1/4 cup of butter; 1/4 cup of sugar; 2 eggs; 2 cups flour; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 3/4 cup of milk; salt.
 
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