Old Fashioned Corn Meal Mush - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. corn meal
1 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. sugar
6 c. boiling water
2 tsp. salt
2 c. cold water

Preparation

Mix the corn meal, flour and sugar with the cold water, then stir into the boiling water to which the salt has been added. When thoroughly mixed, cover tightly.
Reduce the heat to the lowest point and let simmer for 30 minutes, or longer, stirring occasionally to prevent lumping.
Then turn off the heat and let steam for 30 minutes without lifting the cover.
Serve warm with milk or cream or pour into a greased loaf pan.
When cool, slice and fry.
Serve with syrup.