Economical Pancakes

Try this recipe when you run short of bread for breakfast, and the price of eggs is soaring up. To 1 qt white flour add 1 teasp salt, and 2 1/2 cups buttermilk in which dissolve 1 teasp soda. Pour in the buttermilk a little at a time, and beat smooth and free from lumps. Fry with plenty of nice fresh lard and tilt the frying pan or griddle so the lard can run around the cakes while they are frying, and form a nice crisp edge on them. Drop about 2 tablesp of the batter in the pan for each cake. These are fine served with butter and syrup or honey.- [Mrs. L. S., Ind.

Bread Pancakes

Soak 2 cups stale bread over night in 1 cup hot milk. Next morning put this through a sieve to mash all lumps, then add 1 heaping teasp sugar, 1 level teasp salt, 2 tablesp melted butter, 2 well-beaten eggs and 1 cup flour. Lastly add 1 cup sour milk in which dissolve 1 teasp soda. Bake on a hot griddle. These are extra fine.- [E. L. McG., Mich.

Bread Pancakes (No Eggs)

To 2 cups stale bread soaked until soft add 1 cup sour milk, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 teasp soda and salt to taste. Then stir in flour enough to make a soft batter.-[Mrs. L. S., Minn.

Cornmeal Pancakes

Sift together 1 pt yellow cornmeal, 1 pt flour, 1 teasp salt, 1 teasp soda and 2 tablesp sugar, then add enough sour cream or good rich buttermilk to make a thin batter. Bake at once on hot griddles.- [Mrs. G. M. N., N. Y.

Rye Pancakes

To 1 well-beaten egg add 2 tablesp sugar, 2 tablesp molasses, 1/2 teasp soda dissolved in 1/2 cup sour milk, and equal parts flour and rye meal to make a stiff batter. Drop by small spoonsful into deep, hot fat.- [J. M. S., N. H.

Buttermilk Pancakes

To 1 qt buttermilk add 1 teasp soda, a little salt, 2 well-beaten eggs, and either graham, buckwheat or wheat flour enough to make a batter of the proper consistency for pancakes. - [Mrs. J. W. H., Mich.

Whole Wheat Pancakes

To 1 cup white flour add 1 cup whole wheat flour, a little salt, and 1 teasp soda dissolved in 2 cups buttermilk. Bake on hot griddle.- [Mrs. V. A. H., N. D.

Banana Pancakes

Peel 5 bananas, cut up fine, add 3 well-beaten eggs, 2 tablesp sugar, 3 tablesp thick sweet cream, 1/4 cup milk and 1/2 teasp baking powder sifted with flour enough to make a batter of the proper consistency. Fry in hot lard.- [Mrs. G. McM., Cal.

Tomato Pancakes

To 2 cups boiled and mashed ripe tomatoes add 1 cup hot water, 1 teasp soda and salt and pepper to taste. Then stir in flour enough to make a soft batter, and fry on hot and well greased griddles.-[Mrs. L. S., Minn