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Bread, American

INGREDIENTS. -1 pint of white Indian meal, 1/2 pint of flour, 3 eggs (white and yolks beaten separately), rather more than a pint of milk, a large tablespoonful of butter, melted, but not hot; 1 large tablespoonful of white sugar, 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda dissolved in hot water, a teaspoonful of cream of tartar sifted in with the flour and added the last thing, 1 tablespoonful of salt. AVERAGE COST, 7d.

Mix the ingredients well together, then bake in a well-greased mould, steadily, for 3/4 hour. Turn it out and eat at once.

In cutting corn bread, hold the knife perpendicularly, so as to avoid crushing the spongy interior.

TIME. hour.

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