Amherst Pudding.
1 cup of milk, 1 cup New Orleans molasses, 1 egg (beaten), 3 cups of flour, 1 full cup of chopped and stoned raisins, 1 teaspoonful of salt, about 1 teaspoonful each of cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. First dissolve carefully 1 teaspoonful of soda in the molasses, then add the other ingredients. Dredge raisins with part of the flour and add last. Steam 2½ or 3 hours. Serve with sauce.
S. S. C.
Amherst Pudding.
1½ cups of sour milk, 1 cup of dark molasses, 1 cup of suet, chopped fine, 1 cup of seeded raisins, ½ cup of citron, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 teaspoonful of salt, stir all together, steam 3 hours.
SAUCE OF PUDDING—Into a pint of boiling water stir to a paste a tablespoonful of corn starch or flour, rubbed smooth in a little cold water; add a cup full of sugar, a tablespoonful of vinegar, cook well for 3 minutes, add a piece of butter the size of a small egg, flavor with a tablespoonful of vanilla.
Mrs. L. L. Arnold.
Anna’s Pudding.
1 pint of milk, ½ cup of flour. Dissolve flour in a little of the milk, then add to the remainder of milk which should be boiling. Cook until it thickens, then add ½ cup of butter, ½ cup of sugar, yolks of 5 eggs thoroughly beaten. Last add the whites beaten very light and flavor with vanilla. Set pudding dish in pan of boiling water and bake in a hot oven 20 or 25 minutes. Serve immediately with a hard sauce. It should be very light and foamy. If allowed to stand it falls.
Mrs. Wm. D. Eaton.