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The economical cook book

1905

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Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Grate and sift a pint of bread crumbs, put them into a quar^ of milk, melt a piece of butter the sise of an egg, and stir it in, the yolks of five eggs beaten light, half the rind of a large orange. Bake in a buttered pudding-dish about three-quarters of an hour in a hot oven. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs and powdered sugar beaten together, the remainder of the orange-peel grated, and the juice squeezed from the orange— iiwead on tJlie pudding whilst hot \ brown slightly and serve FASTRT, PUDDINGS, Sc. 191 Plain Plum Pndding, Vo. 1. One cup of molasses^ one of milk, fonr of flour, one egg, one teaspoonfnl of soda dissolved in the milk, a little nutmeg, oinna* mon, cloves and maoe, one teaspoonful of salt, one cup of raisinfl seeded ) boil three hours. Plain Plum Pudding, Ho. 2. Three cups of flour, one of milk, one of molasses, one of sugar, one of suet chopped fine, one cup of raisins seeded, one teaspoon of salt, one of soda in the milk, two of cream of tartar in the flour a little cinnamon. Boil three hours. * Plum Pudding. One pound of raisins stoned, one of currants washed and dried, a quarter of a pound of citron cut fine, half a pound of sifted sugar, a pint of bread crumbs, one pound of beef suet shred fine, two wine-glasses of brandy, one of molasses, ten e^s beaten separately, a nutmeg grated, a small teaspoon^l of cinna- mon and half an one of powdered mace, and two tablespoons of flourPlum Pudding stirred through the fruit. Scald the bag or cloth, wring it as dry as possible, dust flour over the inside, and pour the pudding in, tie quite closely and very tight, and boil, if all in one, six hours ; if in two, boil three hours ; and if in three, a little over two hours. * Potato Puddings. Boil and mash very flue five large white potatoes, stir to a cream three-quarters of a pound of butter and the same of STigar, add the juice and rind of one large fresh lemon, a glass of wine and one of brandy } beat six eggs very light separatelyPotato Puddings and then together, add them to the potato, beat all well together, and bake in puflf paste. * Prince Albert's Pudding Two ounces of finely-shred suet, four ounces of bread crumbs, four ounces of currants washed and dried, five eggs, one table- ipoonftil of brandy, two of sugar, the peel of half a lemonPrince Albert's Pudding grated 192 COOKERY FROM EXPERIENCE. beat the eggs very light separately and then t(^ther ; Btir in the bread crumbs, then the natmeg and brandy ; add the Biiet| sugar and lemon-peel. Bake it three-quarters of an hour in a Turk's head well buttered, or boil it two hours in a quart mould. When done, turn it out. Beat the whites of two eggs with half a pound of powdered sugar, and pour over the top of the pudding. * Pumpkin Puddings. Stew the pumpkin in as little water as possible, press it through a cullender^ and then squeeie it through a clean thick cloth until quite dry ; add to it rather more than half a pint of cream ; stir to a cream a ooffeeoup of sifted sugar and' three ounces of fresh butter, add a wine-glass of wine, the same of brandy, the third of a nutmeg grated and a saltspoonM of pow- dered cinnamon ; beat eight eggs very light separately and then together, add them to the butter and sugar, then stir in the pumpkin; if not sweet enough, add more sugar; line your pie dishes with pu£F paste crust, fill them, and bake about half an hour This is for one quart of the stewed and strained pumpkinPumpkin Puddings. * Queen of