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Sweet-Potato Pudding

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 4

Cover with preserved citron or marmalade and serve with milk.

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 264. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SWEET-POTATO PUDDING. To A large sweet potato, weighing two pounds, allow half a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, one gill of sweet cream, one gill of strong wine or brandy, one grated nutmeg, a little lemon peel and four eggs

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