BATTER CAKES
From Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, 1908.
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Ingredients
servings
Method
In a bowl, combine the eggs, cornmeal, salt, and milk.
Mix into a thin batter, adding more milk if necessary (and optionally stirring in a tablespoon of melted butter).
Bake on a hot greased griddle until golden brown on both sides.
Original recipe, verbatim
BATTER CAKES.
Contributed by Mrs. A. ]V. Garbcr, " Iiiglcsidc," Richmond, Va.
Two eggs, I cup of meal, i salt spoon of salt, i cup of milk.
Make in a tJiin batter, adding more milk if necessary, and bake on
hot griddle. A table spoon of melted butter is an improvement.
Transcribed as printed in Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, 1908. Spelling and punctuation are left as in the source scan.
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