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Plain Short Paste

2 pounds of flour. 1/2 pound of good lard, butter, drippings, or grated suet. 1 teaspoonful of salt. 1 pint of water.

A handful of flour more to roll out with.

Rub the lard into the flour dry, till thoroughly mixed. Put in the salt and all the water, work it up to a smooth paste, roll it out once like pie paste, fold it over and it is ready for use.

The water should always be poured into a hollow in the flour when making any kind of paste, and the flour drawn in rapidly but gradually while stirring with the fingers, otherwise the paste may be rough and lumpy and much working to correct the mistake will make it hard.