Name: Griddle-cakes and Waffles
Ingredients: soapstone griddle; cottolene or fat salt pork; batter

Griddle-cakes and Waffles

Ingredients

soapstone griddle
cottolene or fat salt pork
batter

Directions

Acquire a soapstone griddle if possible; keep it clean and free of grease.
Heat the soapstone slowly before using.
After use, wash the griddle and waffle irons with hot water and a tablespoon of ammonia per quart.
If disused, rub with dry salt before heating and greasing.
Use a small amount of cottolene on a cloth or fat salt pork on a fork to grease the surface.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.