For the receipt (recipe), Plebian Ginger Bread, mix three large spoonful of pounded ginger, with three quarts of flour–sift it, dissolve three tea-spoonful of pearl-ash in a cup of water, and pour it on the lfour; Melt half a pound of butter in a quart of molasses, mix it with the flour, knead it well.
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