Mother Eve's Pudding

Ingredients

• twopennyworth of eggs
• Six ounces of bread
• Six ounces of currants
• Six ounces of sugar
• Some salt
• Some nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Take twopennyworth of eggs, and of the same fruit that Eve had once chosen, well pared and well chopped at least half a dozen.

2. 2

   Grate the bread crumbs as small as the dust.

3. 3

   Sort the currants from the stones.

4. 4

   Mix all ingredients and boil for three hours without hurry or flutter.

5. 5

   Serve it up without sugar or butter.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A second Dudley book of cookery and other recipes (1914) by Dudley, Georgiana Countess of, page 81. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MOTHER EVE’S PUDDING If you want a good pudding, , to teach you I'm willing , Take twopennyworth of eggs , when twelve for a shilling , And of the same fruit that Eve had once chosen , Well pared and well chopped at least half a dozen ; Six ounces of bread ( let your maid eat the crust) ; The crumbs must be grated as small as the dust ; Six ounces of currants from the stones you must sort, Lest they break out your teeth and spoil all your sport ; Six ounces of sugar won't make it too sweet, Some salt and some nutmeg

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