Recipe - East Texas Corn Bread

1 cup Yellow corn meal
One half teaspoon Baking soda
1/3 cup Flour
1 Egg
2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Salt
4 tablespoon Bacon drippings

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Place bacon drippings in skiLlet in oven while it is heating. The skillet
must be hot before batter is added.

In large mixing bowl, beat buttermilk and egg, then sift in dry
ingredients, Mix well. From hot skillet, pour l/2 grease and mix well. Pour
batter into skillet with remaining grease. This makes a crisp crust, Bake
at 400 degrees F for approximateLy 30 minutes.

Recipe: Avis Walker of Saint Christopher's Episcopal Church, Houston,
Texas
from somewhere in the Sixies.