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Down-East Pudding

A historical recipe from Miss Parloa's New Cook Book, by Maria Parloa.

A historical recipe

Miss Parloa's New Cook Book, by Maria Parloa. Project Gutenberg eBook #6745.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

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From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book, by Maria Parloa. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #6745 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6745). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. One pint of molasses, one quart of flour, one table-spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of soda, three pints of blackberries.
  2. Boil three hours, and serve with sauce made in the following manner: One tea-cupful of powdered sugar, half a cupful of butter, one egg, two teaspoonfuls of boiling water, one of brandy.
  3. Beat the butter to a cream, and add, very gradually, the sugar and brandy.
  4. Beat in the yolk of the egg, and, when perfectly creamy, add the white, which has been beaten to a froth;
  5. then add the water, and stir very carefully.