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Hubbard examined it and quickly said: "Give me a glass of cream, some graham gems, marmalade, oatmeal and cream, a jelly omelette, a sirloin steak, lyonnaise potatoes, rolls, and a pot of chocolate. And you might bring me also," he added, "a plate of griddle cakes and maple syrup."
In a moment more he saw a large boy standing behind a curious-looking stove in an open space near, and baking griddle cakes. There was a very nice table by his side, covered with a white cloth, and a plate, on which the boy turned out the griddle cakes as fast as they were baked. There were several children about him, buying the cakes and eating them.
Make a quart of mush, put into it a lump of butter or lard, the size of two eggs, and a little salt, previously to making the mush, have ready a pint of light rising, stir into it a pint of new milk, and the mush, with as much wheat flour as will make it a very thick batter, let it rise four or five hours, and when light, set it in a cold place, till you are ready to bake, dip a spoon in water each time, and put the batter on the griddle in small cakes, or bake in rings.
Bell delicately inserted the cake-turner under the curled edges of the flapjacks and turned them over deftly, using a little too much force, perhaps, in the downward stroke when she flung them back on the griddle. 'Seems to me they come down with considerable of a thud, she said, reflectively. 'I hope they're not tough, for I should never hear the last of it.
To go back to the matter of food, I'll copy off a week's bill of fare during this month. Ruth has written it out for me. You'll notice that it doesn't vary very much from the earlier ones. To a man accustomed to a beefsteak breakfast, fried hasty pudding may seem a poor substitute and griddle cakes may seem well enough to taper off with but scarcely stuff for a full meal.
Anyhow, I was willin' to take the risk of tryin'; and, besides, Tad and Abe Leonard had me on the griddle at that meetin', and I spoke up sharp too sharp, maybe." "But you still believe that you MIGHT help if you went to Washington?" "Yes. I guess I do. Anyhow, I'd ask some pretty p'inted questions.
A piece of hoop iron was nailed to it at the bottom, on which the cake rested not horizontally, but opposite the fire. When one side was done the other was turned, and thus it was baked. "A griddle! Why, then, is it the likes o' me would have a griddle? that indeed!
"I can make biscuits in a minute, but it will take a half-hour to bake them in this range," she told them, where they stood, anxiously awaiting her verdict. "If you didn't mind having them baked on a griddle " "Like the ones the fellow does in the window at Childs'! Fine!" responded Tiddy enthusiastically. "I'll get the griddle. I've learned where everything grows."
"Lord! what a joke! Did the drummer give the show away on board?" "No, for a wonder. But he told me of it." "Daughters good looking?" "Younger one is not too bad; elder's a terror thin, bony, long face, long nose, long feet, long conceit of herself, and pretty long age, walks mincingly, like a hen on a hot griddle, and " "Oh, stop it! The old woman?"
Peter fed the horses and had tea and black bread served for two, by the time Boylan called from a distance: "Put on the griddle, Peter a regular steak.... I stopped in the farrier's on the way back and had it anviled a bit. That's what kept me," he added. Peter tossed it in the pan. Their fire was in the turf at the door of the fish shop.
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