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HOW  WE  COOK  IN  TENNESSEE
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HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

982
Calories
35g
Protein
34g
Fat
132g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Sour Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one quart dainty flour
  • quarter pound butter
  • one teaspoon salt
  • two teaspoons baking powder
  • two cups sweet milk
  • two cups flour
  • half teaspoon salt
  • one pint sour milk
  • one teaspoon soda
  • one tablespoon dainty flour
  • half pint sweet milk
  • one tablespoon melted butter
  • one-half cups sifted flour
  • one teaspoon baking powder
  • one-half pints fresh milk
  • one pint meal
  • two cups dainty flour
  • two tablespoons melted butter
  • one-half cups milk
  • one-half cups bread crumbs
  • one cup dainty flour
  • one tablespoon but- ter
  • one pint milk
  • two well beaten eggs
  • two eggs beaten separately
  • two eggs
  • salt

Directions

1

powder, salt and lard last. Fry in well greased hot irons; butter and serve hot.

2

Waffles. — One quart Dainty flour, quarter pound butter, two well beaten eggs, sweet milk to make moderately thin ; add one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons baking powder.

3

Batter Cakes of Flour. — Two eggs beaten separately, two cups sweet milk, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, half teaspoon salt; beat all smoothly together and bake on a hot griddle. Sour milk and soda can be substituted for sweet milk and baking powder. — Mrs Reese Lillard.

4

Cheap Recipe for Batter Cakes. — One pint sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one tablespoon Dainty flour, enough meal to make a good batter. Bake on a hoe.

5

Batter Cakes. — Beat two eggs, add half pint sweet milk, one tablespoon melted butter, one and one-half cups sifted flour, one teaspoon baking powder; beat thoroughly and bake on griddle at once. — Mrs Rorer.

6

Batter Bread. — Beat very light one or two eggs, pour into them one and one-half pints fresh milk; add slowly one pint meal, beating all the time ; add half teaspoon salt and one tea- spoon of melted lard or melted butter size of an egg. Pour at once into a well greased warm earthen pan ; bake thirty minutes and serve hot.

7

Griddle Cakes. — Two cups Dainty flour, one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons baking powder, two tablespoons melted butter, two eggs, one and one-half cups milk. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder; add the liquid ingredients to make a batter. Beat well and bake on a hot greased griddle.

8

Crumb Griddle Cakes. — One and one-half cups bread crumbs, two eggs, one cup Dainty flour, pinch salt, one tablespoon but- ter, one pint milk, two teaspoons baking powder. Scald the milk; pour it over the crumbs and butter and let stand until cool. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, yolks of eggs and lastly the stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Bake slowly on a hot

By Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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