This section is from the book "Facts Worth Knowing", by Robert Kemp Philip. Also available from Amazon: Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know.
One pint of corn meal, one quart of milk; boil the milk, and scald the meal thor oughly. Beat up three eggs. Thin your dough to a batter with cold milk; add a piece of butter half as large as an egg; put in your eggs with a little salt; pour in shallow paps, and bake brown. This is a delicious breakfast cake.
 
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