Boiled Batter Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 heaping quart sifted flour
• 1 quart sweet milk
• 7 eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, whites to a stiff froth
• 1 teaspoonful (about) soda in sufficient hot water to dissolve it
• 2 teaspoonfuls salt

Method

1. 1

   Flour in a deep dish or pan; mix into it the milk, gradually working it into a smooth paste.

2. 2

   Then mix in the yolks, salt, and dissolved soda.

3. 3

   Stir hard.

4. 4

   Finally, stir in quickly the whites.

5. 5

   Put into prepared bag or cloth, leaving ample room for pudding to swell, and boil two hours.

6. 6

   Serve hot.

7. 7

   Eat with syrup, butter, and sugar, or a hot sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 80. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BOILED BATTER PUDDING. 1 heaping quart sifted flour. 1 quart sweet milk. 7 eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately , whites to a stiff froth. i teaspoonful (about) soda in sufficient hot water to dissolve it. 2 teaspoonfuls salt

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