Corn Pone

1 cup corn meal
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 Tbs bacon drippings
1/2 cup milk
 

Mix corn meal, salt and baking powder. 
Stir in bacon drippings and milk. 
Grease a large, heavy skillet with bacon drippings. 
Drop batter from a tablespoon, shaping into 4 pones. Brown on both sides. Serve hot with lots of butter. 
Pones, or flattened cakes of corn meal and water, were the basic, everyday breads of southern tribes.

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