Buckwheat Cakes
337. One pint of buckwheat meal,
One quart of water,
Salt just to taste,
One gill of home-made yeast.
Mix the water (which should be lukewarm if the weather is cold,) with the meal, add the salt and yeast, beat it well; when light bake them on a griddle. Grease the griddle, pour on a little of the batter, spread it so as to form a cake about the size of a breakfast plate. The cakes should be very smooth at the edges. When they are done on one side turn them, when brown on both sides, put some butter on the plate, place the cake on it, butter the top, bake another and put on it, butter it and send them to the table.
Buckwheat cakes are much better if they are sent to the table with only one or two on a plate.