From the Modern Family Cookbook
1½ cups yellow corn meal
¾ teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1â…“ cups buttermilk
2 eggs, separated
¼ cup melted shortening

Sift corn meal, soda, and salt together. Add buttermilk to well-beaten egg yolks and add to corn meal mixture; beat well. Add hot melted shortening and again beat well. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Turn immediately into a piping hot, greased, heavy 10-inch skillet. Bake in a hot oven (450° F.) 25 to 40 minutes. Serve at once with butter. 5 servings.