Corn Meal Griddle Cakes

   2 cups cornmeal, yellow or white
   1 teaspoon salt (omit or reduce if butter is salted)
   2 teaspoons baking powder
   1/4 cup sugar
   4 tablespoons, bacon drippings or melted lard, optional but highly
   recommended
   3/4-1 pint of buttermilk
   4 tablespoons bacon fat, lard, or melted butter

   Combine together the cornmeal, salt, sugar and baking powder.  Add the melted
   fat and buttermilk. Start with 1 cup of buttermilk and add, stirring, until
   the mixture is the consistency of pancake batter.

   Cook like pancakes. Preheat a griddle (or skillet) to 400°F, then lightly
   oil and add a scant ladleful of batter. Keep an eye on the griddle temp -
   if it gets up over 500 it will start smoking. Peek under the edges. These
   have a tendency to stick, so beware and take it easy with the spatula.

   These are real good with honey.