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1914

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Presented as published in 1914. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Turn them out when ready, and serve with custard, wine, or chocolate sauce. Note. — If preferred the mixture may be steamed in one large mould ; it will then require II hours to cook. Time to steam, 15 to 20 minutes. Sufficient for 5 or 6 persons. Probable cost, 10<L 1792. Six Cup Pudding 1 tea-cupful flour. 1 tea-cupful sugar. 1 tea-cupful bread- crumbs. 1 tea-cupful chopped suet. 1 tea-cupful milk. 1 tea-cupful jam. | tea-sp. carbonate of soda. A pinch of saltSix Cup Pudding. Chop the suet finely, and put it into a basin with the bread-crumbs, flour, sugar, and salt. Mix these dry ingredients together, make a well in the centre, and put in the jam. Heat the milk slightly in a small saucepan, add the soda, free from lumps, and mix quickly. Pour this while still frothy on to the top of the jam, and mix all together. Put the mixture into a greased mould or basin, cover with greased paper and steam steadily until thoroughly cooked. Serve with arrowroot or white sauce. Note. — A cupful of currants and sultanas mixed may be used instead of the jam. Time to steam, 3 hours. Sufficient for 5 or 6 persons. Probable cost, 6d. 1793. Snowdon Pudding 4 oz. suet. 4 oz. ground rice or small sago. 4 oz. bread-crumbs. 4 oz. brown sugar. A little milk. 2 table-sps. marmalade. A pinch of salt. A few raisins. 1 eggSnowdon Pudding- Cut the raisins in halves, stone them, and dry them for a few minutes on a plate in the oven. Then grease a mould or basin, and decorate it with the prepared raisins. To Make the Pudding. — First chop the suet finely, and put it into a basin with the bread- crumbs, ground rice, sugar, and salt. Mix these dry ingredients together, and then make a well in the centre. Add the marmalade, the egg well beaten, and enough milk to moisten. Mix well, and pour into the prepared mould. Cover with greased paper, and steam until thoroughly cooked. Serve with custard, orange or lemon sauce. Time to steam, 3 hours. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. Probable cost, 8 d. 1794, 1 oz. butter. 1 table-sp. sugar. 1 egg‘n 3 oz. flour. First grease a basin bottom. Then cream Sponge Pudding 2 table-sps. jam. \ tea-cupful milk. 1 tea-sp. baking powder. A pinch of salt. and put the jam at the the butter and sugar in another basin, and add to them the egg and half the flour. Beat well and add the milk with the remainder of the flour. The mixture should be of the consistency of a thick batter that will just drop from the spoon. Beat again and finally add the salt and baking powder. Put the mixture into the prepared basin, cover with greased paper and steam until well risen and firm to the touch. When ready, turn out and serve quickly. Note. — The jam may be omitted and any sweet sauce served with the pudding. Flavour- ing may be added to taste, or the basin may be lined with caramel (see Recipe 1749) before pouring in the mixture, or coated with brown sugar. Time to cook, | to 1 hour. Sufficient for 3 per- sons. Probable cost, 4 d. I lb. flour. \ lb. bread-crumbs. \ lb. suet. \ tea-sp. salt 1795. Suet Pudding 1 tea-sp. baking powder. About 1 cupful milk or water. Suet Pudding