for baking _sour cakes_--_See_ vol. X. MIRROR, p 316.--I am of
opinion these cakes are of precisely the same make and origin as
those to which the writer alludes under the above name of "_sour
cakes_," which I presume he must have forgotten the name of. I
should have mentioned, that when these cakes (for they are
frequently called _avver cakes_) are baked, the fire must be of
wood; they never bake them over any other fire. These cakes are
of a remarkably strong, sour taste. I should further note, that
the _girdle_ is attached to a "crane" affixed in the chimney.

I am totally unable to give a definition of the word _avver_, and should
feel much gratified by any correspondent's elucidation. I think _P.T.W_.
may possibly assist me on this point; and if so, I shall be much obliged.
There is an evident corruption in it. I have sometimes thought that avver
means oaten, although I have no other authority than from knowing the
strange pronunciation given to other words.

W.H.H.

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