Old-Fashioned Johnny Cake

Beat 3 eggs very light; add 1 ½ cupfuls of white corn meal and a teaspoonful of salt. Warm slightly 1 pint of butter milk and beat into it 2 tablespoonfuls of heated lard. Add to the milk 1 even teaspoonful of soda and stir into the eggs and flour. Beat rapidly and spread on greased pans.
Bake in moderate oven 40 minutes. Baste the top with butter when nearly baked. When ready to serve, cut in square pieces, split and butter.
Serve hot.