Johnny Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. buttermilk
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 c. cornmeal
1.2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 c. flour

Preparation

Dissolve soda in a little warm water and add to buttermilk; then add sugar and salt.
Mix and beat all together as quickly as possible.
Bake in hot, greased 9 X 14 pan in hot oven about 20 minutes.
Note:
Cost, including
stove heat = $0.0607 in 1917 terms.
From Telegram Conservation Cook Book, page 62.