Christmas Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs. of suet
• 1 1/2 lbs. of currants
• 1/2 lb. of raisins
• 1 lb. of sugar
• ten eggs
• a grated nutmeg
• 2 ozs. of mixed spice
• a teaspoonful of grated ginger
• 1/2 lb. of bread crumbs
• 1/2 lb. of flour
• 1 pint of milk
• a wine-glassful of brandy

Method

1. 1

   Beat eggs, add half the milk, mix, then stir in remaining milk, suet, fruit, and enough milk to make thick.

2. 2

   Boil in a cloth for 6-7 hours.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 16 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 149. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

lb. of sugar ; boil and mill it ; when quite smooth, cool, then add the whites of new eggs. Whisk, and take up the froth on sieves, and serve it in glasses, to rise above some of the cream. CHOLERA. — A compound of two Greek words, chole, bile, and rein, to flow. Its literal meaning is, a dis- charge of bile. But the word cholera designates that dreadful Asiatic disease which is so very fatal. In this disease the secretion of bile is suspended, and the evacuations are entirely free from it. Therefore there are two species of Cholera — the English — and the Asiatic. The English Cholera, or Bilious Diarrhcea, attacks suddenly, with nau- sea, purging and vomiting ; sometimes painful colicky griping of the bowels. The evacuations are thin and watery, and at last become very bilious, the colour sometimes green, at other times approximating to black, indicating viti- atcd bile caused by unhealthy secretions during its passage through the alimen- tary canal. If the disease is not restrained, the vomiting, retching, and spasmodic pain, increases, accompanied with cramp in the legs, and muscles of the abdomen. Coldness of the extremi- ties, cold sweats, and faindng some- times occur. Sometimes this disease ends in death, especially with old and delicate subjects. But in this country it is seldom fatal. It is caused by intemperance, by a vitiated atmosphere, by eating unwhole- some food, and unripe fruits. In the treatment of it, it is necessary to neu- tralize the acid, vitiated or acrid bile, and produce a determination to the surface. As soon as the symptoms appear, give the Neutralizing Mix- ture, page 275. If vomited, re- peat the dose, and it will soon pro- duce a beneficial effect, subduing the irritation, nausea, vomiting, and passing through the alimentary canal, changing its contents to the most healthy state. It is useful to bathe the feet in hot water and salt, and when the disease is violent, to give a vapour bath ; and to check the vomiting, salt in vinegar or brandy. To allay the pain, foment the belly and breast with the following ; — Cayenne pepper, lA oz. , spirits of wine, % a pint, vinegar, a gill. Simmer a few minutes ; then a tea-spoonful of tincture of opium, and two table-spoon- fuls of turpentine. Apply flannels dipped in it warm to the stomach. Hops and camomile flowers simmered in vinegar, make an excellent fomenta- tion. The drink should be toast and water. Milk thickened with arrowroot, tapioca, sago, or slippery-elm, may be taken as food. In the ASIATIC CHOLERA, there is a total suppression of bile, and a profuse cold, clammy sweat over the body ; the cramps become fearful, the stomach and bowels are emptied by vomit, &c. — and exhaustion becomes apparent, giddiness, deafness, sinking of the eyes and nostrils, blueness of the skin, lips and nails ; weakness of voice, &c., are often fatal symptoms. To cure the same, as for English Cholera, but more active. Give the Neutralizing Mixture ; and this Injec- tion; — Bogbcrry, 3 drachms; scullcap, 1 drachm ; slippery-elm, 1 drachm ; boiling water, % a pint. Infuse ten minutes ; then add two tea-spoonfuls of tincture of myrrh, eight drops of lauda- CHO 125 CLA mini, anil a tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda. Foment as in English cholera, or with the Rheumatic Liniment. Apply as hot as possible. Apply also friction to the limbs ; or apply hot bricks, wrapped in vinegar cloths, to the feet, legs, and sides. Give a tea- spoonful of the Anti-Cholera Drops every half hour, which see, page 20. The following Anti-Cholera Mix- ture is a sovereign remedy : — tormentil root, i ounce ; bayberry bark, 1 ounce ; cayenne pepper, % ounce ; carbonate of soda, % ounce. Simmer forty min- utes in three pints of water down to 1 quart. Strain, and add tincture of myrrh, 2 ounces, and 1 drachm of cam- phor, dissolved in spirits of wine. In the first attack of cholera, give a wine- glassful ; place the feet in hot salt and water, or mustard and water, and repeat the mixture every twenty min- utes, and apply mustard plaster, and hop poultice to the stomach. Rub freely the cramped and drawn parts of the body with boiled cayenne pepper and vinegar ; and the effects will in most cases appear like magic. Such treatment has cured thousands upon thousands. CHOLERA IN INFANTS is treated in the same way as English cholera, but in a milder, and more restricted manner. CHRISTMAS PUDDING.— Suet, 1 lA lbs., minced small ; currants, iK lbs. ; raisins, stoned, % lb. ; sugar, 1 lb. ; ten eggs, a grated nutmeg ; 2 ozs. of mixed spice, a teaspoonful of grated ginger, % lb. of bread crumbs, % lb. of flour, 1 pint of milk, and a wine-glassful of brandy

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.