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BREAD, HOUSEHOLD (another way)

It often happens that household bread, from a little want of care, is found bitter and unpalatable. To remedy this, the yeast or barm should be put into water overnight. Next day peel and boil three pounds of potatoes, beating them to a pulp, and pass through a colander, with a pint of cold water to half a pint of good sweet yeast. Mix the potato pulp and yeast thoroughly together, and then pour it into a hollow made in the middle of one peck of flour. Stir some of the flour into the mixture till it is like a thick batter, then cover with a little of the dry flour, throw a cloth over the pan, and set it near the fire to rise. In about an hour mix it with five pints of lukewarm water and two ounces of salt, to a dough. Cover it up again as before, and let it stand this time about two hours, then knead it into loaves, and bake for an hour and a half in a good oven. Probable cost, about 6d. per four-pound loaf.