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Definition of Batter bread
1. Noun. Soft bread made of cornmeal and sometimes rice or hominy; must be served with a spoon (chiefly southern).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Batter Bread
Literary usage of Batter bread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Improved Housewife, Or, Book of Receipts: With Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1853)
"batter bread. Take six spoonfuls of flour and three of corn meal, with a little
salt; silt them, and make a thin batter with four eggs and a sufficient ..."
2. Virginia Cookery-book by Mary Stuart Smith (1912)
"Every-day batter bread.—Buttered Federal Loaf, for Tea. ... Mrs. Cabell's Batter
Bread.—Indian Meal Batter Cakes.—Excellent Muffins.—Breakfast Cakes. ..."
3. The Creole Cookery Book (1885)
"batter bread. Take 6 spoonfuls of flour and 3 of cornmeal, with a little salt,
sift them, and make a thin batter with flour, eggs, and a sufficient quantity ..."
4. The Virginia Housewife: Or, Methodical Cook by Mary Randolph (1838)
"batter bread. TAKE six spoonsful of flour and three of corn meal, with a little
salt—sift them, and make a thin batter with four eggs, and a sufficient ..."
5. Practical Cooking and Serving: A Complete Manual of how to Select, Prepare by Janet McKenzie Hill (1902)
"OLD VIRGINIA batter bread (MRS. PETERSON, WEST VIRGINIA) Stir one pint of ...
OLD VIRGINIA batter bread WITH VARIATIONS Stir one cup either of rice or grits ..."
6. Colonial Receipt Book: Celebrated Old Receipts Used a Century Ago by Mrs (1907)
"EVERY-DAY BATTER-BREAD. Contributed by Mrs. Craig D. Ritchie, Philadelphia, Pa.
i small quart of corn meal in which mix 2 scant teaspoonfuls royal baking ..."
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