This section is from the book "The Bride's Cook Book", by Ralph P. Merritt. Also available from Amazon: Larousse Gastronomique.
4 Cups Sweet Milk 1 Cup Corn Meal.
4 Tablespoons Honey 1/2 Cup Raisins.
Butter, Size of Egg.
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon 1/2 Teaspoon Salt.
1 Egg.
Scald the milk and add the meal. Remove from stove and add the other ingredients. Bake 2 hours, stirring it up every half hour until done. Serve with cream and sugar.
1 Cup Cold Corn Meal Mush 1 1/2 Cups Milk.
2-3 Cup Brown Sugar.
2 Tablespoons Molasses 1/4 Teaspoon Salt.
1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon 1/4 Teaspoon Nutmeg.
2 Tablespoons Cornstarch dissolved in a little cold milk.
Cook first seven ingredients in a double boiler. When boiling point is reached stir in cornstarch dissolved in the cold milk. Boil 5 minutes and keep hot till ready to serve. Sprinkle with cocoanut and serve with top milk.
4 Cups Milk (whole or skim) 1/4 Cup Corn Meal 3/4 Teaspoon Salt.
1 Teaspoon Ginger 1-3 Cup Molasses.
Cook milk and meal in a double boiler 20 minutes; add molasses, salt, ginger. Pour into greased pudding dish and bake 2 hours in a slow oven, or use your fireless cooker. Serve with milk. This makes a good and nourishing dessert. Serves six.
 
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