Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-01
The Recipe for Aunt Patty's Mullins.

81 am going to get Aunt Pattys recipe
for making Mullins" said J, buttoring my
fourth one.
"Ah, If you 6ud out how Patty makes
her mullins, or anything else, indeed, shall |
be obliged to YOU" said my aunt
"Wby, won't she tell anybody ?" asked.
IL never can get anything out Of her."
said my aunt, "but perhaps you can.
wish you would try" she answered, signi6.
cautly smiling.
Accordingly, after breakfast, proceeded
to the kitchen, dusty structure Of logs,
with wide fireplace and smoke-stained raf-
tiers. Under the kitchen table stood a coop
OF young turkeys, Matched while the morn
ings were too cool TO admit Of their being
allowed to run at large. Ii was a handy
place to feed them 10, and they were now
grown fat and lusty under the fostering care
OF Aunt Patty, and ready to be transferred
to the yard as soon as Uncle Ezekiel found
time to do 80. The bread tray aud muffin
bowl, both wooden and Of dazzling whiteness,
formed strange contrast to the general
murkiness aud dirt of the kitchen. For
black cooks are firm believers in the economy
of force, and while they keep their cooking
utensils scrupulously clean, will not spend
time and strength in the kitchen at large.
"Whas de use 2" Aunt Patty would say
to all such reiormatory hints. "Wash'l be
roun hyub cluttn up soon's get clured out.
Tain't no sort o. use"
"Now, Aunt Patty" began, seating my
self in her own favortc old chair, and pro-
ducing pencil and paper, II want to get the
recipe for making those mullins. | mean to
make some when l get home. l never
tasted anything so good in my life"
"You g long Miss jimmy !" said Aunt
Patty, chuckling over the Hattery, yet quite
aware that she was too much for me; you
better G long an study your polly.bou fran
chays, and not come hyuh botherin' me-"
"But | want to get the recipe, Aunt
Patty. Everybody likes to give recipes Of
their famous dishes. Ladies always do"
"Well, spec L amt no ways u lady,
Miss jimmy, an amt got no sort o. time to
tend to yer. Miss Mayll be along in min
nit to go to de smoke-house, and l kyahn't
stop fer yer foolin', no how"
20 pshaw Aunt Patty" | began, "you
could tell me while you're making all that
fuss. Come now, hurry; it's almost school,
time"
"Now, honey, don't yer see I'm drefful
busy2 Got to make up all dis yere dough
into pones fer the men !" and Aunt Patty
tossed ball Of corn.meal dough rapidly
from one hand to the other, after the manner
of an expert.
"Look out, Aunt Patty" said l, as the
dough traversed space; "you'll let that
fall"
Now, chile" said she in offended dignity,
Use done been maxim pones fore you was
bawn. | can tend to desc yere, | reckon"
"Well, hope you are making some for
our snack. Ham and ash cake and butter
milk are just delicious. But you haven't
told me how to make corn mullins. Come,
am waiting"
"Kyan't, chile, kyant do it no how dc
witches would git into my bread aud mullins
an everything eff l toe anybody how
made EN-"
"Well, now, you know dou't believe that
any more than you do, Aunt Patty" strik-
ing out on new base Of operations. "I'll
give you some chocolate creams if you'll tell
me, with my hand in my pocket, promis.
ingy.
"Wnl yer-shoo huff, honey? Well,
now, dat is han 'some, an Of you'll jes' GIN.
inc dem chok'lates III tell ye right off
witches or no witches. Yer see,"-bting
into the chocolate drop, which looked as
much as possible like her own black face and
white teeth,-"Yer see, jes' gets all my
grejunces-"
"Grejuuces what are grejunces ?" l was
obliged to ask.
claws, chile don't yer know what gre
junces is, an YOU a stud'n yer polly.bou-tran
chays aud all dem things ?"
"Do you mean ingredients ?" asked.
"Yes do; means jus dat. We'll,
gets all my grcjuuces together hyuh on di
yere table"
but what are the ingredients, Aunt
Patty? That is just what | want to know,
said |.
Now, chile be still | kyau't mover tel
yer if yer keeps interruptin'."
But only wanted to know what yol
put into the mullins" said |, rather meekly
for she had my last chocolate drop.
81 puts de grejunces, | tell yer, | jus
puts EN- all into dis ycro mixin bowl, an
stirs em all up together wild dis ycre BIZ
wooden spoon, and den | bakes EN-; all,
now, honey, (swulowing the last chocolate
creamy, run along, cos dsr's de school.bell
ringin', and Miss Mary's comm to give
out dinner. Like as not you'll forget all
done tole yer fore night. Taint no sort o
use to try to tell ye how | makes anything.
This is just how Aunt Patty makes corr
mullins and they are delicious, assur
you.