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The ladies of 1870s Chicago pooled their recipes and signed every one — corned beef from Mrs. Beaty, lemon pie from Mrs. Saulter.

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Johnnie Cake (II)

Edith.

Scald the meal at night; let it stand where it will keep slightly warm until morning; then, for any ordinary four quart panful, add sufficient sour milk to render the right consistency-generally a large teacupful is enough; saleratus, one tablespoonful; salt, at time of scalding the meal; if the meal is very fine, do not use boiling water

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