Oat Meal Gems, page 20

Two cups oat meal put to soak over night in 2 cups cold water, 1 table-spoonful salt; in the morning add 2 cups butter-milk, 2 teaspoonfuls soda, flour enough to make a stiff batter. Have gem pans hot.

Mt. Vernon Cook Book, Second Edition, 1908, Thompson Company Printers, Carthage, Mo.