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Willis Family recipe book, 1833-1861
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Good Plum Pudding Old Recipe in Rhyme - Would you make a good pudding pray mind what you're taught Take two penn'worth of eggs when they are twelve to the groat (6) Six ounces of bread (let Mill eat the crust), The crumb must be grated as fine as the dust; Six ounces of flour you may add if you please Stir it smooth as a paste with eggs by degrees; Then of that same fruit which Eve did once cozen Pared & well chopped take at least half a dozen Six ounces of plums from the stones you must sort Lest they break all yr teeth & spoil all your sport; Six ounces of currants, be sure wash them clean And Six ounces of Suet shred fine & stir in Some lemon & citron peel add if you choose Some people prefer it but others refuse Six ounces of sugar wont make it too sweet And some salt & some nutmeg the whole will complete Let it boil for six hours without any flutter Nor is it quite finished without melted butter
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Good Plum Pudding Old Recipe in Rhyme - Would you make a good pudding pray mind what you're taught Take two penn'worth of eggs when they are twelve to the groat (6) Six ounces of bread (let Mill eat the crust), The crumb must be grated as fine as the dust; Six ounces of flour you may add if you please Stir it smooth as a paste with eggs by degrees; Then of that same fruit which Eve did once cozen Pared & well chopped take at least half a dozen Six ounces of plums from the stones you must sort Lest they break all yr teeth & spoil all your sport; Six ounces of currants, be sure wash them clean And Six ounces of Suet shred fine & stir in Some lemon & citron peel add if you choose Some people prefer it but others refuse Six ounces of sugar wont make it too sweet And some salt & some nutmeg the whole will complete Let it boil for six hours without any flutter Nor is it quite finished without melted butter
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