Mrs. Beeton's Dictionary of Every-Day Cookery: The "All About It" Books

a spoon, then pour in the remainder of the milk, and stir in the butter, which should be previously melted; keep beating the mixture, add the eggs and a pinch of salt, and, when the batter is quite smooth, put it into a well-buttered basin, tie it down very tightly, and put it into boiling water; move the basin about for a few minutes after it is put into the water, to prevent the flour settling in any part, and boil for 1¼ hour. This pudding may also be boiled in a floured cloth that has been wetted in hot water: it will then take a few minutes less than when boiled in a basin. Send batter puddings very quickly to table, and serve with sweet sauce, wine sauce, stewed fruit, or jam of any kind: when the latter is used, a little of it may be placed round the dish in small quantities, as a garnish. _Time._—1¼ hour in a basin, 1 hour in a cloth. _Average cost_, 7_d._ _Sufficient_ for 5 or 6 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time. BATTER PUDDING, with Orange Marmalade. _Ingredients._—4 eggs, 1 pint of milk, 1½ oz. of loaf sugar, 3 tablespoonfuls of flour. _Mode._—Make the batter with the above ingredients, put it into a well-buttered basin, tie it down with a cloth, and boil for 1 hour. As soon as it is turned out of the basin, put a small jar of orange marmalade all over the top, and send the pudding very quickly to table. It is advisable to warm the marmalade to make it liquid. _Time._—1 hour. _Average cost_, with the marmalade, 1_s._ 3_d._ _Sufficient_ for 5 or 6 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time; but more suitable for a winter pudding. BEANS, Boiled Broad or Windsor. [Illustration: BROAD BEANS.] _Ingredients._—To each ½ gallon of water, allow 1 heaped tablespoonful of salt; beans. _Mode._—This is a favourite vegetable with many persons, but, to be nice, should be young and freshly gathered. After shelling the beans, put them into _boiling_ water, salted in the above proportion, and let them boil rapidly until tender.