The Dixie Cook-Book

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Aunt Jennie's Johnny Cake

One cup each sweet milk and buttermilk, one tea-spoon each salt and soda, one table-spoon melted butter. Mix with enough meal to roll into a sheet half an inch thick. Spread on a clean, sweet board, set before fire at an angle that will prevent cake slipping off, until it hardens, then stand upright. Baste often with butter until nicely crisped.

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