Salt Rising Bread

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   Take sweet milk and let boil for 1 minute.

2. 2

   Add 1 teaspoon sugar and a little pinch of salt and soda.

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   Stir in cornmeal (enough to make a moderately thin batter).

4. 4

   Cover and set in a warm place overnight.

5. 5

   Early the next morning, take a quart of warm water, put a level teaspoon of salt in it and stir in flour (enough to make a rather stiff batter).

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   Then stir in the cornmeal yeast. Sit in a pot of warm water and cover it.

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   Stir once if too long coming.

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   To keep the water at an even temperature, not too hot to bear the hand in.

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   Let the yeast stand until it rises in a fine foam.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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