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fruit may be used instead of strawberries, as may also jelly or
marmalade.
339. +Indian Pudding (boiled).+-- Bring 1 pint milk to a boil, stir
into it 1 cup yellow Indian meal and boil 5 minutes, stirring
constantly; then take it from the fire and mix with 1 cup molasses,
1 tablespoonful ground ginger, 1 cup chopped suet, 1/2 teaspoonful
salt and 2 eggs; when this is well blended together fill it into a
buttered pudding form and boil 3 hours; serve with the following
sauce:--Mix 2 teaspoonfuls cornstarch with a little cold water, add
1-1/2 cups boiling water and boil a few minutes; then add 1/4 teaspoonful
salt, 1 tablespoonful butter, the juice of 1 lemon, 1 cup sugar, 1
teaspoonful vanilla and some grated nutmeg.
340. +Economical Boiled Pudding.+-- 1 cup milk, 1 cup stoned raisins,
1 cup fine chopped suet, 1/2 cup molasses, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 3 cups
flour, 1-1/2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1 teaspoonful grated nutmeg,
the same of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoonful cloves. Mix all together and
boil in a form 2 hours; serve with lemon or vanilla sauce.
341. +Graham Flour Pudding (also called Imitation Plum Pudding).+--
Two large slices of bread, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 pound butter, 1 cup stoned
raisins, 1 cup currants, 1/2 cup finely sliced citron, 1 cup molasses,
1 cup graham flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 glass brandy and 1 teaspoonful
baking soda dissolved in a little hot water; mixed with the
molasses, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoonful allspice, 1/2 grated nutmeg and 1/2
teaspoonful salt; break the bread into small pieces and put it with
the milk into a bowl; stir butter and sugar to a cream; add the
eggs, one at a time, stirring a few minutes between each addition;
next add the spice; then, alternately, the bread, molasses and
flour; when this is well mixed dust the fruit with flour and stir it
into the mixture; butter a pudding form and dust with fine bread
crumbs; put in the mixture, close the form and set it in a kettle of
boiling water (only enough water to half cover the form should be
used); cover the kettle and boil 3 hours; serve with brandy or hard
sauce. Half of the above quantities will make a pudding sufficient
for a family of 6 persons.
342. +Madeira Pudding.+-- Pare the crust off a 6 cent loaf of bread;
cut the bread into slices and dip each slice in Madeira wine; mix 5
tablespoonfuls sugar with 1/4 pound finely cut preserved orange peel,
a little nutmeg and cinnamon; have ready a well buttered pudding
form, which spri
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