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Breakfast

Corn bread made of southern meal

A page-cited historical breakfast recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

BreakfastBrunchVegetarianOvenPublic domainHistoric recipeSource transcription
Est. prep10 min
Est. cook35 min
Est. serves2
Total45 min
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  • Beat two eggs light;
  • stir half a cupful of cold boiled rice into a pint of milk and add to the eggs, rice and milk a tablespoonful of melted butter.
  • Sift a teaspoonful of salt into two cups of Indian meal;
  • This is the Southern batter bread, or “egg bread.”

Historical transcription

Source method

  1. 1

    Beat two eggs light; stir half a cupful of cold boiled rice into a pint of milk and add to the eggs, rice and milk a tablespoonful of melted butter. Sift a teaspoonful of salt into two cups of Indian meal; stir all together and bake in shallow pans. Eat hot.

  2. 2

    This is the Southern batter bread, or “egg bread.”

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