Poor Man's Pudding (1)

Ingredients

• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons molasses
• 1y2 cups flour
• salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1}4 cups hot water
• yi cup raisins, floured
• 2 tablespoons shortening, melted
• rum sauce

Method

1. 1

   Stir sugar and molasses into beaten egg, sift in flour, salt and cinnamon.

2. 2

   Dissolve soda in a little hot water and beat in.

3. 3

   Add shortening and raisins.

4. 4

   Grease pudding mold and fill within an inch of top, cover closely and steam 1.5 hours.

5. 5

   Serve with rum or lemon sauce.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Most for your money cookbook (1938) by Cora Lovisa Brackett Brown, Cora Brown, page 118. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 EGG, LIGHTLY BEATEN 2 TABLESPOONS SUGAR 4 TABLESPOONS MOLASSES iy2 CUPS FLOUR SALT I TEASPOON CINNAMON 1 TEASPOON SODA 1}4 CUPS HOT WATER yi CUP RAISINS, FLOURED 2 TABLESPOONS SHORTENING, MELTED RUM SAUCE Stir sugar and molasses into beaten egg, sift in flour, salt and cin- namon. Dissolve soda in a little hot water and beat in. Add shorten- ing and raisins. Grease pudding mold and fill within an inch of top, cover closely and steam i>^ hours. Serve with rum or lemon sauce. POOR MAN'S PUDDING (2) Cut a roll into thin slices, leaving the crust on; pour over them i pint of milk mixed with two beaten eggs and a small quantity of sugar and grated nutmeg. Let the slices soak in this custard for an hour, pour it off, and let them drain for an hour; then fry them brown, and serve hot with wine sauce. POOR MAN'S PUDDING (3) Take some stale bread; pour over it some hot water, till it is well soaked; then press out the water and wash the bread; add some powdered ginger, nutmeg grated, and a little salt

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