, or sour milk is better; mix at night; in
the morning add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and one
teaspoonful of soda; bake in cake rounds.

HOMINY MUFFINS.

Two cups of boiled hominy; beat it smooth, stir in three cups of sour
milk, half a cup of melted butter, two teaspoonfuls of salt, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar; add three eggs well beaten, one teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in hot water, two cups of flour. Bake quickly.

Rice muffins may be made in the same manner.

GRAHAM GEMS. No. 1.

Two cupfuls of Graham flour, one cupful of wheat flour, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a tablespoonful of sugar, one of salt
and one well-beaten egg.

Mix with sweet milk to make a thin batter; beat it well. Bake in
gem-irons; have the irons well greased; fill two-thirds full and bake
in a hot oven. Will bake in from fifteen to twenty minutes.

GRAHAM GEMS. No. 2.

Three cups of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one of salt, one
tablespoonful of brown sugar, one of melted lard or butter, one or two
beaten eggs; to the egg add the milk, then the sugar and salt, then
the Graham flour (with the soda mixed in), together with the lard or
butter; make a stiff batter, so that it will _drop_, not pour, from
the spoon. Have the gem-pans very hot, fill and bake fifteen minutes
in a hot oven.

The same can be made of sweet milk, using three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder instead of soda, and if you use sweet milk, put in no
shortening. Excellent.

Muffins of all kinds should only be cut just around the edge, then
pulled open with the fingers.

PLAIN GRAHAM GEMS.

Two cupfuls of the best Graham meal, two of water, fresh and cold, or
milk and water, and a little salt. Stir briskly for a minute or two.
Have the gem-pan, hot and well greased, on the top of the stove while
pouring in the batter. Then place in a very hot oven and bake forty
minutes. It is best to check the heat a little when they are nearly
done. As the best prepared gems may be spoiled if the heat is not
sufficient, care and judgment must be used in order to secure this
most healthful as well, as delicious bread.

WAFFLES.

Take a quart of flour and wet it with a little sweet milk that has
been boiled and cooled, then stir in enough of the milk to form a
thick batter. Add a tablespoonful of melted butter, a teaspoonful of
salt, and yeast to raise it. When light add two well-beaten eggs, heat
your waffle-iron, grease it well and fill it with the