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Bread (Cake compressed yeast)

1 cake compressed yeast 1 tablespoon lukewarm water 3 quarts flour 2 tablespoons lard Boil the potatoes in the water. When thoroughly done, mash; add salt and sugar. Dissolve the yeast cake in lukewarm water; mix potato water and yeast together; place this in small aluminum dish and leave over night in the cooker, so as to keep it warm and out of drafts. In the morning rub the lard into the flour; add the yeast; mix down, adding enough flour to make it stiff; place this in large aluminum pail and put it into the cooker to rise. When light, cut into loaves; work down smooth and put in the large aluminum vessel. Have the radiators hot and use them just the same as when roasting beef.