The Cookery Blue Book

sugar. Boil all together. When done, place in a dish, and set in the oven while beating the whites of eggs, to which add 3 tablespoons powdered sugar. Flavor with vanilla. Spread the beaten whites of eggs over the pudding, and return to oven, to slightly brown. =English Plum Pudding--No. 1.= 1/2 pound of seeded raisins, same of currants, well washed and dried, grated rind and juice of 2 oranges, 1/2 a nutmeg grated, 1 tablespoon each of cinnamon, cloves and allspice, 1/2 a teaspoon of salt, 1/2 a pound of sugar, 1/4 pound of citron, 1/2 pound of suet, 1/2 pound of bread crumbs, 1/2 pound of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 6 well-beaten eggs. Chop the suet very fine, after removing the skin, and put it, together with the flour and bread crumbs, into a large bowl; then add the spices, oranges and sugar. Mix thoroughly. Beat the eggs until very light, and add to the contents in the bowl and mix well together. Stir in 1 pint of old English ale. Flour the raisins and currants and add to the compound. Butter a tin pudding-mold, put in the pudding, taking care to well secure the cover. Have ready a kettle of boiling water. Place the mold in it, and keep boiling constantly five hours. SAUCE FOR THE PUDDING.--Beat the yolks of 2 eggs, with 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup butter. Have ready 1 pint of boiling cream, a dessert-spoon of corn starch, blended with a little cold milk. Add gradually to the beaten batter and eggs. Put all on the fire, and stir constantly until it boils. Add a wine-glass of sherry and 1 of brandy. Serve hot with the pudding. A hard sauce used in connection with the hot one is a great improvement. =English Plum Pudding--No. 2.= 1 small loaf of bread, crumbed, 1/2 pound of raisins, the same of currants, 1/2 pound of citron, 1 of beef suet, chopped fine, a little salt, 3/4 pound sugar and a little nutmeg. Mix and let stand over night. Beat 12 eggs, very