This section is from the book "The California Practical Cook Book", by Belle De Graf . Also available from Amazon: The California Practical Cook Book.
Three cups sour milk, one cup molasses, two cups corn meal, two cups graham flour, one cup flour, one and a half teaspoonful saleratus. Steam two and a half hours.
Two quarts buttermilk, one half cup molasses, one tablespoonful salt, one tablespoonful soda dissolved in hot water, mix as thick as can be stirred with Indian meal and wheat or graham flour. Let it stand half an hour in a warm place, then steam three hours.
One cup Indian meal scalded, one cup warm water, one half cup yeast, one half cup molasses, one half tea-spoonful each of soda and salt. Stir to a stiff batter with graham flour. Steam- one hour.
Four cups corn meal, two cups flour, one cup molasses, four cups sour milk, two teaspoonfuls soda, and one of salt. Steam two hours, bake one hour. Makes two loaves.
 
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