Name: Pork Pot-Pie
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 slice or two of the fat of salt pork; 1 kettle and cover it with cold water; 1 dozen potatoes cut into quarters; 1 pint of sour or buttermilk; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoonful of salt; 1 level teaspoonful of soda; 1 spoonful of water as much flour as will make a very stiff batter

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Take pieces of ribs of lean salt pork, also a slice or two of the fat of salt pork; scald it well with hot water so as to wash out the briny taste. Put it into a kettle and cover it with cold water, enough for the required want. Cover it and boil an hour, season with pepper; then add half a dozen potatoes cut into quarters. When it all commences to boil again, drop in dumplings made from this recipe:-- One pint of sour or buttermilk, two eggs, well beaten, a teaspoonful of salt, a level teaspoonful of soda; dissolve in a spoonful of water as much flour as will make a very stiff batter. Drop this into the kettle or broth by spoonfuls, and cook forty minutes, closely covered.

1 slice or two of the fat of salt pork
1 kettle and cover it with cold water
1 dozen potatoes cut into quarters
1 pint of sour or buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoonful of salt
1 level teaspoonful of soda
1 spoonful of water as much flour as will make a very stiff batter

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1

Take pieces of ribs of lean salt pork, also a slice or two of the fat of salt pork; scald it well with hot water so as to wash out the briny taste.
2

Put it into a kettle and cover it with cold water, enough for the required want.
3

Cover it and boil an hour, season with pepper; then add half a dozen potatoes cut into quarters.
4

When it all commences to boil again, drop in dumplings made from this recipe:-- One pint of sour or buttermilk, two eggs, well beaten, a teaspoonful of salt, a level teaspoonful of soda; dissolve in a spoonful of water as much flour as will make a very stiff batter.
5

Drop this into the kettle or broth by spoonfuls, and cook forty minutes, closely covered.

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