Recipe - Potato Salt-Rising Bread

3 Medium Potato raw w/skin
2 One half tablespoon Salt
2 teaspoon Sugar
2 tablespoon Cornmeal
4 cup Water
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
11 cup All purpose flour
1 cup Milk 1%
2 tablespoon Butter

STARTER: cut 2/One half C new nonmealy potatoes in thin slices, place in bowl,
sprinkle ove them 1 T sale, 2 t sugar, 2 T white cornmeal, add 4 C boiling
water and stir till salt disolved. let stand, covered, 15 hours, squeeze
out potatoes. Drain liquid into bowl and add, stiring till blended, 1 t
baking soda, 1 One half t salt, 5 C sifted flour. Beat (forever) place in
greased bowl in warm place to rise till light. Bubbles should come to
surface and increase in size 1/3 (1 One half hrs). Scald 1 C milk and when
lukewarm, add 2 T butter, add to sponge with 5 6 6 C sifted flour. Knead
10 min, shape into loaves, let rise, covered, to near double in size. Bake
350 1 hour.

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