efly from malt spirit, with the addition of mineral acids and
various flavouring ingredients, the exact composition being kept
secret. It is distilled somewhat extensively in this country;
real brandy scarcely at all. The brandies imported into England
are chiefly from Bordeaux, Rochelle, and Cognac.

A POUND PLUM-PUDDING.

1329. INGREDIENTS.--1 lb. of suet, 1 lb. of currants, 1 lb. of stoned
raisins, 8 eggs, 1/2 grated nutmeg, 2 oz. of sliced candied peel, 1
teaspoonful of ground ginger, 1/2 lb. of bread crumbs, 1/2 lb. of flour,
1/2 pint of milk.

[Illustration: BAKED PUDDING OR CAKE-MOULD.]

_Mode_.--Chop the suet finely; mix with it the dry ingredients; stir
these well together, and add the well-beaten eggs and milk to moisten
with. Beat up the mixture well, and should the above proportion of milk
not be found sufficient to make it of the proper consistency, a little
more should be added. Press the pudding into a mould, tie it in a
floured cloth, and boil for 5 hours, or rather longer, and serve with
brandy-sauce.

_Time_.--5 hours, or longer. _Average cost_, 3s.

_Sufficient_ for 7 or 8 persons. _Seasonable_ in winter.

_Note_.--The above pudding may be baked instead of boiled; it should be
put into a buttered mould or tin, and baked for about 2 hours; a smaller
one would take about 1-1/4 hour.

CITRON.--The fruit of the citron-tree (_Citrus medica_) is
acidulous, antiseptic, and antiscorbutic: it excites the
appetite, and stops vomiting, and, like lemon-juice, has been
greatly extolled in chronic rheumatism, gout, and scurvy. Mixed
with cordials, it is used as an antidote to the _machineel
poison_. The candied peel is prepared in the same manner as
orange or lemon-peel; that is to say, the peel is boiled in
water until quite soft, and then suspended in concentrated syrup
(in the cold), after which it is either dried in a current of
warm air, or in a stove, at a heat not exceeding 120 deg.
Fahrenheit. The syrup must be kept fully saturated with sugar by
reboiling it once or twice during the process. It may be dusted
with powdered lump sugar, if necessary. The citron is supposed
to be the Median, Assyrian, or Persian apple of the Greeks. It
is described by Risso as having a majestic appearance, its
shining leaves and rosy flowers being succeeded by fruit whose
beauty and size astonish the observer, whilst their odour
g