December 2021 Cookery Corner

Recipe of the Month

Source: Ye Olde Newbury Cook Book 1927, Published in the Interests of the Ladies' Benevolent Society of the Oldtown Parish First Church, Newbury, Mrs. Caroline Randall.

Fig Pudding

Six ounces of suet, half pound bread crumbs, half pound sugar, half pound figs, two eggs, one cup milk.

Chop figs and suet, grate bread crumbs, and mix together with a little nutmeg and salt.

Boil four hours.

Sauce:

Two eggs beaten thoroughly; add sugar to make quite stiff, and beat together until creamy.

Just before serving add two tablespoons boiling water and a little wine or brandy or vanilla, to suit the taste.

---Mrs. Dora B. Plummer