/4 to 2-1/2 hours; half the size, 1-1/2 hour.

_Average cost_, 2s. 6d.

_Sufficient_ for 9 or 10 persons.

_Seasonable_ in winter.

[Illustration: RAISIN-GRAPE.]

RAISIN GRAPE.--All the kinds of raisins have much the same
virtues; they are nutritive and balsamic, but they are very
subject to fermentation with juices of any kind; and hence, when
eaten immoderately, they often bring on colics. There are many
varieties of grape used for raisins; the fruit of Valencia is
that mostly dried for culinary purposes, whilst most of the
table kinds are grown in Malaga, and called Muscatels. The
finest of all table raisins come from Provence or Italy; the
most esteemed of all are those of Roquevaire; they are very
large and very sweet. This sort is rarely eaten by any but the
most wealthy. The dried Malaga, or Muscatel raisins, which come
to this country packed in small boxes, and nicely preserved in
bunches, are variable in their quality, but mostly of a rich
flavour, when new, juicy, and of a deep purple hue.

AN EXCELLENT PLUM-PUDDING, made without Eggs.

1325. INGREDIENTS.--1/2 lb. of flour, 6 oz. of raisins, 6 oz. of
currants, 1/4 lb. of chopped suet, 1/4 lb. of brown sugar, 1/4 lb. of
mashed carrot, 1/4 lb. of mashed potatoes, 1 tablespoonful of treacle, 1
oz. of candied lemon-peel, 1 oz. of candied citron.

_Mode_.--Mix the flour, currants, suet, and sugar well together; have
ready the above proportions of mashed carrot and potato, which stir into
the other ingredients; add the treacle and lemon-peel; but put no liquid
in the mixture, or it will be spoiled. Tie it loosely in a cloth, or, if
put in a basin, do not quite fill it, as the pudding should have room to
swell, and boil it for 4 hours. Serve with brandy-sauce. This pudding is
better for being mixed over-night.

_Time_.--4 hours.

_Average cost_, 1s. 6d.

_Sufficient_ for 6 or 7 persons.

_Seasonable_ in winter.

AN UNRIVALLED PLUM-PUDDING.

1326. INGREDIENTS.--1-1/2 lb. of muscatel raisins, 1-3/4 lb. of
currants, 1 lb. of sultana raisins, 2 lbs. of the finest moist sugar, 2
lbs. of bread crumbs, 16 eggs, 2 lbs. of finely-chopped suet, 6 oz. of
mixed candied peel, the rind of 2 lemons, 1 oz. of ground nutmeg, 1 oz.
of ground cinnamon, 1/2 oz. of pounded bitter almonds, 1/4 pint of
brandy.

_Mode_.--Stone and cut up the raisins, but do not chop them; wash and
dry the currants, and cut the ca