This section is from the book "Centennial Cookery Book", by Woman's Centennial Association. Also available from Amazon: Centennial Cookery Book.
Three eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, 1 large tablespoon butter, 1/2 teaspoon soda, a pint of salt, 1 quart of flour with milk enough to make a batter.
Four pints flour, 2 pints sugar, 4 eggs, butter the size of an egg, 6 teaspoons baking powder. Beat the eggs in a pint cup then fill it with sweet milk.
Three-fourths cup yeast, 1 quart loppered milk, 3 tablespoonsful white sugar, 1 tablespoonful lard, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1/2 teaspoonful soda, flour to make soft batter. Leaving out soda, mix, to rise over night. Dissolve soda in 1 tablespoonful boiling water, and add just before baking in hot greased irons, beating the batter thoroughly.
One and a half pints of sour milk, pints of flour, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 large spoonful of butter, 3 eggs, whites well beaten, 1 teaspoonful of soda. Beat together quickly, and cook a nice crispy brown over a hot fire.
 
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