Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book

of sweet corn scraped from the cob, pepper and salt to taste. Put tablespoon butter in frying pan, have it hot and drop in batter by spoonfuls. Fry brown and serve hot for breakfast. CLAM FRITTERS. From MRS. SALLIE S. COTTEN, of North Carolina, President State Board and Alternate Lady Manager. Open as oysters and chop fine. Make a stiff batter of eggs and flour, with a little black pepper. Stir into this batter the chopped clams and a little of the clam liquor, if necessary to make the batter the proper consistency. Fry in hot butter or lard. WHITE CORN MEAL CAKES FOR BREAKFAST. (A RHODE ISLAND DISH.) From MRS. SARAH S.C. ANGELL, of Michigan, Lady Manager. One pint white corn meal, Into which you stir two saltspoonfuls salt. Gradually moisten this with boiling water until the mixture is somewhat thicker than hasty pudding. Stir constantly and after the right consistency is attained, beat thoroughly for two minutes. Drop from spoon into boiling lard and fry for five or six minutes. Serve immediately. It is of absolute importance that the water should be _boiling_ and _kept_ so, and therefore it is wise to bring the mixing dish very near the stove when the teakettle is heated. The same paste may be fried on a griddle like buckwheat cakes, but the first method makes the crispest, nuttiest flavor. This recipe makes bannocks enough for six people. CORN GRIDDLE CAKES OR OLD VIRGINIA SLAP JACKS. From MISS LILY IRENE JACKSON, of West Virginia, Lady Manager. One or two eggs, whites beaten to a froth; one quart of sweet milk; pinch of salt; meal enough to make a thin batter. Bake very thin on hot griddle and serve at once. Meal must not be too finely ground or bolted. FRIED MUSH. From MRS. GEORGE HOXWORTH, of Arizona, Alternate Lady Manager. Three pints boiling water; one cup wheat flour; enough corn meal to make stiff batter. Fry while hot in plenty of grease. Think it more convenient than the old way and much better. A tablespoonful of sugar added makes it brown better.