Savoury Pudding

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup Shreddo (suet or vegetable shortening)
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 small chopped onion
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley and sage
  • 1 tablespoon grated cheese
  • 1 small teaspoon Baking Powder

Lie in a cloth and boil 1 hour. (Very nice served with roast beef)

May 4, 2007. dinner, pudding. Leave a comment.

Tapioca Pineapple

Soak 3/4 cup of tapioca all night; drain off water.

Add 1 tin pineapple and syrup, juice of 1 lemon & 1 cup sugar.

Steam until clear, about 2 hours.

Whip up whites of 2 eggs and add to mixture while still hot.

May 3, 2007. dessert, pudding, recipe. Leave a comment.

Nothing Pudding

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup fruit
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon spice
  • 1 teaspoon soda in 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 dessertspoon butter

Mix well, tie in cloth and boil 2 hours. (Very wet mixture)

May 2, 2007. dessert, food, pudding, recipe. Leave a comment.

Champagne

  • 1 gallon cold tea
  • 4 lbs brewers’ crystal
  • 1 lb muscatels
  • juice of 3 lemons
  • 1 teaspoon isinglass

Put cold tea, crystals, muscatels, lemon juice into wooden keg or big container. Leave for 3 weeks, skimming daily. Then add isinglass and leave for 2 more days.

Strain and bottle. Do not fill too full & tie corks down. Leave 1 month before using.

May 1, 2007. drink, recipe. Leave a comment.