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by knocking the husk off in a wooden 

 mortar : the mush is made of the flour, as 

 our hasty-pudding, and eaten with milk or 

 treacle. The better sort of people make a 

 very nice cake, with eggs and milk, about 

 the size and thickness of pyfleets, or what 

 are called crumpets in London. The lower 

 class of people mix the flour with water, 

 make a sort of paste, and lay it before the 

 fire, on a board or shingle, to bake, and ge- 

 nerally eat it hot, as it is but very indifferent 

 when cold. This is called a Johnny cake. 



