English Plum Pudding
A historical recipe from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878).
A historical recipe
Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Project Gutenberg eBook #42450.
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From Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #42450 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42450). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- 1 pound of stale bread grated
- 1 pound currants
- 1 pound sugar
- a pound of raisins
- two sticks in
- ten eggs
Method
- 1 pound of stale bread grated.
- 1 pound currants.
- 1 pound sugar.
- 1 pound of suet chopped as fine as flour.
- ¼ of a pound of raisins, and the same of citron.
- When ready to boil, wet the above with ten eggs, well beaten, two wine-glasses of wine and the same of brandy.
- Grate the rinds of two lemons, pare and chop them and beat all well together.
- Then dip a strong cloth in boiling water and wring it dry.
- Lay it on a waiter, greasing well with butter.
- Put it in a large bowl and pour the pudding in, putting two sticks in the cloth across each other, and tying below the sticks.
- Have the water boiling and throw in the pudding as soon as tied.
- Put a plate at the bottom of the pot and boil four hours.--Mrs.
- Dr.
- S.