Ingredients: |
Ingredients: -1 lb loaf of day old bread -2 cups scalded milk -1 lb candied fruit (paradise mix) -1 1/2 cup flour -1 box currants -1 box raisins -1 cup of cut up beef suet salted with 1 tsp salt -1 cup oleo -1 cup sugar -2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp cloves, 1/2 nutmegs -1 tsp mace -1 tsp soda in tbsp warm water -8 egg yolks -1/2 cup fruit juice - cherry, cider, or ginger ale -8 egg whites, beaten
Pudding dressing:
-1 cup sugar -1/2 cup oleo -2 cups milk -5 eggs 1/4 tsp vanilla
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Directions: |
Directions:-Soak bread in milk -Dredge fruit in flour -Cream oleo and sugar in large mixing bowl -Add egg yolks and beat well, add dredged fruit, beef suet, soaked bread, spices, fruit juice, soda -Mix well with hands -Mix in large dish pan -Stir in beaten egg whites -Dredge scalded cloth (1 yd unbleached muslin) rinsed in cold water with 1/2 cup flour and put pudding in center of cloth -Tie a little loose to give room to swell -Have kettle 1/3 full of boiling water -Put old plate in bottom of kettle -Boil 6 hours or until about dry -Should be some syrup in bottom of kettle -After taking out can, untie string -Pull cloth up around pudding to shake it first -Gradually pull cloth down as it cools
Pudding dressing: -Cream sugar & oleo, add egg yolks and beat well -Add milk & heat, stirring until it thickens, but do not let come to a boiling point -Beat egg whites, stir in hot mixture, add vanilla
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