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Sweet Pudding

From Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide, 1882

Serves 8

Presented as published in 1882. 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 Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 74. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Suet chopped fine i cup. Raisins chopped fine I cup. Sweet milk i cup. Molasses i cup. Salt I tea-spoonful. Soda ^ tea-spoonful. Flour sifted to make a batter as thick as for pound cake. Boil in a bag, or else steam it. Dried cherries or dried berries make a good substitute for raisins. ORANGE AND COCOANUT MERINGUE PUDDING. In cases where it is not convenient to have a cooked pudding, a simple and delicious meringue may be made as follows: 228 DOMESTIC GUIDE. Sweet oranges peeled and sliced i dozen. Grated cocoanut i. Powdered sugar ^ pint. Spread a layer of the orange in a glass dish, scatter the cocoanut and sugar over as before ; fill up the dish in this way, having cocoanut and sugar for the top layer. Cut through in sections with a sharp knife, when serving. This is very nice even if you could have had a cooked pudding. SWEET PUDDING. Suet chopped fine i cup. Raisins chopped fine I cup. Sour milk i cup. Eggs beaten 3. White sugar i cup. Soda I tea-spoonful. Salt one-half tea-spoonful. Flour enough to make a stiff batter
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