"I'm awfully taken with the individual puddings. We can make them all different sizes according to the size of the tins we get hold of. Doesn't this sound good?"
Ethel read aloud the pudding receipt with an appreciative smile.
"Steamed Fruit Pudding
"Sift soda, salt, baking powder, and spice with the flour, add the suet and fruit, then the molasses and milk. Mix well. Fill moulds two-thirds full. Steam three hours."
"When we do them up we can arrange them so that no bundle will contain both a fruit cake and a fruit pudding. We must have variety."
"I asked particularly about wheat bread. The papers say that that is scarce, you know."
"Did Miss Dawson say it would travel?"
"No, she thought it would be as hard as shoe leather. But she says the Boston brown bread ought to be soft enough even after six weeks. If we can make enough small loaves—"
"Baking powder tin loaves—"