Plum Pudding

Ingredients

• one cup of flour
• one-half teaspoon of salt
• one-half teaspoon of soda
• one or two level teaspoons of mixed spice
• two cups of stale (not dried) bread-crumbs
• one cup of finely chopped beef suet
• two eggs
• one cup of molasses
• a pound of prepared fruit

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour, salt, soda, and mixed spice.

2. 2

   Add bread-crumbs and suet.

3. 3

   Beat eggs and add with molasses.

4. 4

   Mix in prepared fruit.

5. 5

   Put in small molds and steam for at least three hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home science cook book (1902) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plum Pudding. In one' cup of flour sift one-half teaspoon each of salt and of soda, one or two level teaspoons of mixed spice ; add two cups of stale (not dried) bread-crumbs, one cup of finely chopped beef suet. Beat two eggs light, and add with one cup of molasses to the other ingredients, then a pound of prepared fruit, which may be a mixture of raisins, currants, citron, and candied lemon or orange peel. Figs and nuts may be added. Put in small molds and steam three hours at least. Serve with hard sauce. Steamed Pudding. Sift together one pint of flour, one-half teaspoon of soda, one-half teaspoon of salt

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