Sweets/Treats A Plain Christmas Pudding for Children

1327. a plain christmas pudding for children.
(from The Book of Household Management, edited by Isabella Beeton, 1861)

Ingredients:

1 lb. flour​

1 lb. bread crumbs​

3/4 lb. stoned raisins​

3/4 lb. currants​

3/4 lb. suet​

3 or 4 eggs​

milk​

2 oz. candied peel​

1 tsp. powdered allspice​

1/2 saltspoonful of salt​

Instructions:

1 lb. of flour, 1 lb. of bread crumbs, 3/4 lb. of stoned raisins, 3/4 lb. of currants, 3/4 lb. of suet, 3 or 4 eggs, milk, 2 oz. of candied peel, 1 teaspoonful of powdered allspice, 1/2 saltspoonful of salt.​

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Mode: Let the suet be finely chopped, the raisins stoned, and the currants well washed, picked, and dried. Mix these with the other dry ingredients, and stir all well together; beat and strain the eggs to the pudding, stir these in, and add just sufficient milk to make it mix properly. Tie it up in a well-floured cloth, put it into boiling water, and boil for at least 5 hours. Serve with a sprig of holly placed in the middle of the pudding, and a little pounded sugar sprinkled over it.​

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Time--5 hours.​

Sufficient for 9 or 10 children. Seasonable at Christmas.​

 

[mofederal]

I like the description of this one. I would feed anyone I know for awhile, maybe longer than I would expect. These are traditional parts of a Christmas dinner. Goose or Turkey? I like goose, but probably know one else in my family does. My mother does, but I forget her tastes are closer to mine. thank you Albert. This one, I would have to cut down as there are not so many family members attending the feast.

 

[MaryDee]

It appears the main difference between this and the "adult" plum pudding is not pouring on brandy and lighting it.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Please forgive my ignorance but what are stoned raisins? I have never heard of them. Thanks in advance. David.

 

[nitrofd]

From: "The Book of Household Management" By Isabella Beeton, 1861

A PLAIN CHRISTMAS PUDDING FOR CHILDREN.

1 lb. of flour, 1 lb. of bread crumbs, 3/4 lb. of
stoned raisins, 3/4 lb. of currants, 3/4 lb. of suet, 3 or 4 eggs, milk,
2 oz. of candied peel, 1 teaspoonful of powdered allspice, 1/2
saltspoonful of salt.

Let the suet be finely chopped, the raisins stoned, and the
currants well washed, picked, and dried. Mix these with the other dry
ingredients, and stir all well together; beat and strain the eggs to the
pudding, stir these in, and add just sufficient milk to make it mix
properly. Tie it up in a well-floured cloth, put it into boiling water,
and boil for at least 5 hours. Serve with a sprig of holly placed in the
middle of the pudding, and a little pounded sugar sprinkled over it.

Time--5 hours.
Sufficient for 9 or 10 children. Seasonable at Christmas.

Boil for 5 hrs.that's a bit much,have to keep watching so you don't boil all of your water away.

 

[nitrofd]

Please forgive my ignorance but what are stoned raisins? I have never heard of them. Thanks in advance. David.

Today we call them seedless raisins,back then you had to remove the pit before using.I guess they didn't have seedless grapes like we do today.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Today we call them seedless raisins,back then you had to remove the pit before using.I guess they didn't have seedless grapes like we do today.

Thanks for the information. David.

 

[donna]

A great recipe for children.