This section is from the book "Capital City Recipes", by First Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary. Also available from Amazon: Capital City Cook Book, A Collection Of Practical Tested Receipts By Many Of The Best Housekeepers.
Flour - Quarts ................................................1
Sour or Buttermilk - Pints ............................1
Butter - Pounds ..............................................1/4
Cream Tartar - Teaspoonfuls..........................1
Soda - Teaspoonfuls ........................................1/2
Salt - Teaspoonfuls ........................................1/2
Mix well till smooth, roll and cut, and bake in a quick oven. MRS. ARMISTEAD BURWELL.
Meal-Pints ......................... 1 1/2
Milk-Pints ......................... 1/2
Boiling Water-Pints ................. 1-3
Lard-Tablespoonfuls ................. 1
Salt-Teaspoonfuls .................... 1
Yeast Powder-Teaspoonfuls ........... 1
Scald the meal with boiling water; cook to mush; add other ingredients; make batter very stiff and drop from spoon into the stove-pan. MRS. HENRY HULL.
Flour-Quarts ........................ 1
Salt-Teaspoonfuls ..................... 1
Lard-Silver tablespoonfuls ............. 1
Milk or Water.
To make a very stiff dough beat at least twenty minutes, or until the dough blisters. Cook in a moderate oven.
Flour-Cupfuls ................................................2
Eggs ................................................................3
Milk-Cupfuls ................................................2
Salt-Teaspoonfuls ..........................................1/2
Grease pans and put them in the oven to get very hot; beat the eggs, without separating them, till very light; add the milk and salt and pour this gradually on the flour, stirring all the while. Do not add too rapidly. Strain through a sieve to remove all lumps; take the pans from the oven quickly, fill them half full, put in quick oven, and bake 25 minutes.
Mrs. H. B. Battle
Flour-Quarts ................................................1
Eggs ................................................................1
Lard and Butter (mixed)-Tablespoonfuls. . 1
Sugar-Teaspoonfuls ......................................1
Lemon Juice-Teaspoonfuls ...................1
Salt-Teaspoonfuls ........................................1
Beat the egg well and mix with as little water as you can possibly use; knead and beat thoroughly. Roll very thin and cut into squares.
MRS. ALLAN CRAWFORD (Georgia).
Flour - Quarts ................................................1
Yeast - Cakes ..................................................1/2
Butter or Lard - Tablespoonfuls....................1
Sugar - Tablespoonfuls ..................................1
Salt - Teaspoonfuls ........................................1
Eggs .............................................2
When risen roll out the size of breakfast plate. When cooked open and spread each piece with butter, put together again and cut in slices. MRS. BATES.
Flour - Pints ..........................................1
Meal - Handfuls ..............................................1
Eggs ................................................................2
Soda - Teaspoonfuls ........................................1
Salt - Teaspoonfuls ..........................................1
Buttermilk - Pints ..........................................1
Lard - Teaspoonfuls ........................................1
Sift the flour into a bowl; turn in the sifted meal; break in the eggs without beating; stir in the melted lard, salt and milk until smooth; dissolve the soda in a little warm water and add just before baking. Bake in hot irons. MRS. JOHN HOPE HULL.
Flour - Quarts ................................................1
Meal - Tablespoonfuls ....................................2
Eggs ............................ 3 or 4
Lard (melted) - Tablespoonfuls ....................1
Sweet Milk - Pints ........................................1 1/2
Baking Powder - Teaspoonfuls ............1/2
Mix and bake as if made with buttermilk.
 
Continue to: