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                                            Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 8 Minutes  | 
                                            Ready In: 23 Minutes Servings: 4  | 
                                         
                                        
                                     
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                    From the Mississippi Valley section of the US Regional Cookbook, Chicago Culinary Arts Institute, 1947. Ingredients: 
                    
                        
                                                3/4 cup flour  |  
                                                3/4 cup buckwheat groats, ground (hulled buckwheat seed, or kasha)  |  
                                                1/2 teaspoon baking soda  |  
                                                1/2 teaspoon salt  |  
                                                2 1/2 tablespoons sugar  |  
                                                2 eggs  |  
                                                1 cup sour milk or 1 cup buttermilk  |  
                                                2 1/2 tablespoons butter or 2 1/2 tablespoons other shortening, melted  |  
                                                
                     
                    Directions: 
                    
                        
                            
                                1. Sift dry ingredients together. 2. Beat eggs, add buttermilk or sour milk. 3. Add to dry ingredients gradually; add butter, beating to obtain a smooth batter. 4. Drop from a spoon onto a hot greased griddle and brown on both sides.                              | 
                         
                         
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