" Republican Pudding " Explained

[JPK Huson 1863]

Abraham Lincoln's cadaverous visage is as recognizably American as The Statue of Liberty and our Stars and Stripes.

That's why this hysterical recipe from an 1860's cookbook made me fall over laughing. The new political party sure hit the ground running with Abraham Lincoln. The two were synonymous, his was the face of Republican politics of the day. BUT someone forgot to feed him.

It's short, easy recipe and what strikes you is all those carbs 'n fat. Wonder what the Lincoln penny would have looked like if Lincoln ate it?


So it's a joke that one had anything to do with the other, who knows why on earth this recipe is called " Republican Pudding " ? I just made that up BUT it's pretty darn funny.

 

[donna]

It is funny. Thanks for the "story".

 

[donna]

Found article on Republican Pudding. It is funny as recipe given is from Confederate Cookbook.

See :www.americantable.org/2013/07/civil-war-recipe-republican-pudding-1863/

 

[Mrs. V]

Hehehe! Well hey, at least it is sweet! As a child my son loved rice and bread pudding. Now, it's just flat out too many carbs.

 

[Seduzal]

Thanks for sharing this interesting article and photos. Well this recipe leave me out way to many carbs..

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Thanks for sharing this interesting article and photos. Well this recipe leave me out way to many carbs..

It's so funny seeing these in 2019. They rely on eggs, butter and lard, vast quantities of sugar and anything else that will head straight for that occluded artery we've been told to avoid.