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Homesteader's Prize Bread

Put a cup of loose hops in a muslin bag and boil them in 3 quarts of water for a few minutes. Have ready 1 quart of hot mashed potatoes. Add 1 cup of Five Roses flour, ½ cup sugar and 1 tablespoon salt.

Over the latter mixture pour the boiling hop water. Add 2 cakes of yeast while it is warm and set in a warm place to rise.

Take 2 cups of mashed potatoes, 1 cup Five Roses flour, 1 cup hop yeast, and 1 cup warm water. Put in an 8 quart pail with a cover and mix well into a batter.

Then add 4 more cups of warm water.

Beat again to thoroughly incorporate the yeast with the mixture. Then add enough flour to make a stiff batter. Cover up and set in a warm place overnight.

In the morning, sift 2 quarts of Five Roses flour in bread dish and take the cold chill out of it. Put in a handful of salt. Pour in the sponge and stiffen with flour a little and get it on the bread board as soon as possible, thoroughly mixing in a little flour at a time until it does not stick to the hands or board, which will require the better part of an hour. Roll with the heel of the hand, turning the right hand side farthest away from you-this is the best mixing process. Mould into loaves, bake.--Thomas Orr, Beaver Creek, B.C.