Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-01-22
Buckwheat Cakes and Glory

Buckwheat Cakes and Glory
A good friend of this paper. Mrs.
+. p. Edwards, sent the editor few
days ago bucket of nice buckwheat
flour, already riz", ard ready for
the pan. She knew the elitor's fond
ness for this luscious cake, and also,
wished, no doubt to submit the pio-
duct of her old county, Carroll, TO a
competent judge, knowing that tie
editor could tell easily first class
article from piece of sole leather.
The grain from which this flour
rock ribbed hills of Orroll, and
ground on an old fashioned mill that
"neyer grinds, with the water that
Is past, as it were, and vas, there
fore, free OF any admiXttre of coal
ashes, baryta meal, corn meal, or
any other foreiVn adulerant-the
pure, country bred article none of
your prepared college hed. tailor
made stuff, with its hair. parted in
the middle.
For the b n fl / Of TIL
novice who may read these lines, we
give, in detail a few instructions as
to how TO proceed under the circum-
stances-to prepare and seve, la
mode, as they say, first chss buck
wheat cake, viz: first cach your
rabbit. You must have tie buck
wheat-the genuine articl, Get il
from Mrs. Edwards, John Gose or
Phillip Baugh-they all rake it, that
is they grow Ii, and il raises Itself
by its own boot straps the light be-
fore, If you will only "setit.' BE
careful how and when you tset it, "
as it is an early riser, ana under
adverse circumstances might .aise the
roof off the house. Remember,
there are some things easier % raise
than buckwheat fiour-a raSket for
instance.
Next, a hot stove-not too SIZZLING,
all-fired hot About 200 delrees +.
In the shade, is about right;a sood,
long, heavy stove pan, abouths long
as the stove is wide. We ike the
cakes made about the size OF abreak-
fast plat-not too large nor totsmall.
We have seen some cakes large
enough TO dance-a gig on, a few of
them being sufficient to c,rpet a
church. and then again, too small.
There is a good deal of energy lost
In fooling with a little bit of 8
measiy buck wheat cake-too much
stem escapes through the exhaust
pipes, and too hard on the finman
The size is important. Il TOT
large 1t will flop over and hump VI
in the back when you attempt t
turn it,, making the use of derricl
and skids necessary when you slid
1t off into your plate. About the siz
OF your plate is the proper size, Ieav
ing a margin sucffiient to make
few notes on, in passing. Have tn
cakes about four. deep in your plate
not less than three, any way. lfou
is better. We always buck at les
than three. Spread Burke's Galde
butter between each layer. For onC
forget that butter is 30 cents
pound. After you get through
pound of butter will look atoI
that size, and it ought to. Pour ov,
this aggregation maple syrup unit
1t runs all over the top and dow
around the sides. Finally, have
good cake or two Of nice TazeWe
sausage within easy reach, cup
amber coffee sweetened to the tasl
Then 60 ahead, and you will agr
with us that you never sausage
your life.
We should have said, that YOU C.
always tell a genuine buck " he
cake from the counterfeit by
color, which should always be a sc
OF amber red, Cross between an l
dian and a Chinaman, with eve
appearance on its face of having h
the smallpox, which left it marke
If a buckwheat cake is too white
Anglo Saxon colored, rest assured
is hybrid-a cross between
genuine article and a fiapjack, a
Will have something OF The taste a
color of leather, with the prepond
anee In favor Of the leather.