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cakes are not suffered to remain long in the 

 oven, but require to be turned once. Only 

 one is baked at a time, and the fire is swept 

 towards the sides of the oven with a large 

 bunch of cock^s feathers. 



In summer the people eat Segmiolk 

 (Thick Milk), prepared in the following 

 manner : After the milk is turned, and 

 the curd taken out, the whey is put into a 

 vessel, where it remains till it becomes 

 sour. Immediately after the making of 

 cheese, fresh whey is poured lukewarm 

 on the former sour whey. This is repeated 

 several times, care being always taken that 

 the fresh whey be lukewarm. Finally 

 they let the mixture remain for some time, 

 the longer the better, and it becomes at 

 length so glutinous, that it may be drawn 

 out from one side of the house to the other. 



thought of by any of our schemers, whose projects 

 only serve to teach evil-disposed bakers to make bread 

 of any thing rather than what they ought, and to 

 spare their pockets at the expense of the public wel- 

 fare. 



