• 2-1/2 cups corn meal
• 1 tablespoon "lard"
• 2 teaspoons salt
• boiling water -- enough to make thick mixture

1. 1. Mix all dry ingredients together.
3. 2. Add lard and then pour in boiling water--water must be boiling.
5. 3. Shape mixture into patties (about 1 x 1-1/2 inches overall and fairly thin).
7. 4. Fry until brown.
9. 5. Serve

When I started to school at Ewing, a 9-grade school, Mrs. Eubanks was my Home Economics Teacher. We were required to keep a notebook of the foods we cooked. I found my Notebook from 1939, and this recipe for Hot Water Cornbread was in it. Tommie Lee