THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN

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Presents

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The Historical Cookbook

of the 

American Negro

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Compiled and Edited by

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SUE BAILEY THURMAN< CHAIRMAN

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Copyright 1958

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(page 74)

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NAT TURNER CRACKLING BREAD

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2 cups corn meal                              1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup flour                                      1-1/4 cups warm water or

1 cup fresh cracklings                              milk

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Mix and sift dry ingredients, add cracklings and stir. Add water or

milk and stir until mixture can be handled well. Form into pones and 

place into baking pan. Bake at 425 degrees F. 25 minutes or until brown.

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. . . It is said that his favorite dish was known to be crackling bread and sweet potatoes, baked in hot ashes.

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(From the Beinecke Library Special Collections, Yale University)