Self rising meal
Fresh buttermilk
Cooking oil

Add buttermilk to corn meal. Stir to make a batter. Heat oil in skillet. Drop 1 large spoon of batter. Fry until bubbles appear, turn. Add oil each time you put in another hoe cake as they have no shortening in batter. Serve hot after draining good on paper towel. You can cook these quickly while pappa and the kids are washing up and heating up those leftovers in the microwave.