Buckeye Cookery

Tried and approved: the great American housekeeping bible of 1880.

Yeast

12 recipes in this part of Buckeye Cookery.

Graham Griddle-Cakes

One quart Graham flour, one tea-spoon baking powder, three eggs, and milk or water enough to make thin batter.

Indian Pancakes

One pint Indian meal, one tea-spoon salt, small tea-spoon soda ; pour on boiling water until a little thinner than mush; let stand until…

Rice Griddle-Cakes

Boil half a cup rice; when cold mix one quart sweet milk, the yolks of four eggs, and flour sufficient to make a stiff batter; beat the…

Yeast (Best is potato yeast because)

The best is potato yeast, because bread made with it is moister. and there is no danger of injuring the flavor of the bread by ar excess of…

Dry Yeast

Boil two large potatoes and a handful of hops (the latter in a bag) in three pints water; when done, take out potatoes, mash well, add one…

Farmers' Yeast

A yeast which is especially good for the use of farmers, and others who use a great deal of bread and bake frequently, is made as follows…

Hop Yeast

Place a handful of hops in two quarts of cold water, boil slowly for a half hour, strain boiling hot on one pint flour and one table spoon…

Potato Yeast Without Hops

Four good-sized potatoes peeled, boiled and mashed, four tablespoons white sugar, one of ginger, one of salt, two cups flour; pour over…

Potato Yeast (Boil one cup hops in a sack)

Boil one cup hops in a sack in two quarts water for fifteen minutes; remove sack with hops, add immediately after grating (to prevent their…

Potato Yeast (Take as many hops as can be)

Take as many hops as can be grasped in the hand twice, put onehalf gallon water over them in a new coffee-pot kept for that purpose, boil…

Yeast (Pare and boil four)

Pare and boil four ordinary-sized potatoes, boiling at the same time in a separate vessel a good handful of hops. When the potatoes are…

Yeast Without Yeast

This requires no yeast to raise it, and has been called the "best yeast in the world." Monday morning, boil one pint hops in two gallons…

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