Fig Pudding

Ingredients

• one cup of black molasses
• one cup of chopped suet
• one cup of milk
• three and a quarter cups of flour
• two eggs
• one teaspoonful of soda
• one of cinnamon
• half a teaspoonful of nutmeg
• one pint of figs

Method

1. 1

   Mix molasses, suet, spices, and chopped figs.

2. 2

   Dissolve soda in hot water and mix with milk, then add to other ingredients.

3. 3

   Beat eggs and stir in, then add flour and beat thoroughly.

4. 4

   Butter molds and steam for five hours.

5. 5

   Serve with cream sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them (1890) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FIG PUDDING. BY MRS. BENJAMIN HARBISON. (Wife of the President of the United Statea.) pNE cup of black molasses, one cup of chopped suet, one cup of milk, three and a quarter cups of flour, two eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, one of cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of nutmeg, one pint of figs

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