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Pastry, Good Plain

Mix a tea-spoonful of salt with a pound of flour. Rub in a quarter of a pound of rather soft lard or dripping, until the ingredients are thoroughly blended, then add two tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder. Draw the mixture to one side of the bowl, pour a little water into the vacant space, and with the fingers work the ingredients to a soft paste. Lift the pastry out in small quantities as it acquires the proper consistency. Roll it out till sufficiently firm to incorporate another four ounces of lard with it, dredge a little flour on it, give it one or two turns, and it is ready for use. This pastry requires a quick oven. Time, ten minutes to make. Probable cost, 6d.