[ A Method of Making Leaven ]
Date: 1791/04/01
Source:
Nova Scotia Magazine
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Source Origin: Nova Scotia Newspapers on Microfilm
| Reference: Microfilm Reels 8062, 8063
One of two recipes for leaven in this issue of the Nova Scotia Magazine, vol. 4, no. 4, April 1791. nn. 208. Microfilm Reel 8063.
A METHOD of making LEAVEN, without any to begin with, which may some-
times be of Service to Country People who bake their own Bread.
WARM a quart or three pints of
flour in a skillet or some other
vessel, stirring it while warming to prevent
its burning; then with more flour and
warm water make as much dough as you
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want for Leaven, bury it in the midst of
the warm flour, sit it where it will keep
warm, and in a few hours the Leaven will
be good and fit for use.
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