| Show the old way of baulne kettles to supplement the bricer ovens to thia day are used on southern plantations these kettles or ovens are placed upon tho coals in huga fireplaces on the covers of which were ant coals so that both top md bottom would bake i alike johnnycake and shortcake were often baked upon a board tilted in front of the fire upon the hearth the turning i of these cakes required a sleight of band trick incomprehensible to any youth but my mother always did it deftly enough small tin bakers closed on three sides were afterward sub-mitted for the johnnycake board troy times |
