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A little milk.
_Method._--Put all the dry ingredients into a basin.
Mix with the egg, well beaten, and the milk.
Boil in a well-greased basin for an hour and a quarter.
Rhubarb Fool.
_Ingredients_--14 sticks of rhubarb.
lb. of moist sugar (more, if necessary).
pint of water.
1 gill of milk.
The thin rind of half a lemon.
_Method._--Cut the rhubarb in small pieces.
Stew gently with the sugar and water until quite tender.
Rub through a sieve.
Add the milk, and serve cold.
Sc.r.a.p Pudding.
_Ingredients_--Some sc.r.a.ps of bread.
lb. of moist sugar.
lb. of finely-chopped suet.
The grated rind of a lemon.
2 eggs, well beaten.
pint of milk.
Some preserve.
_Method._--Dry the bread in a slow oven until it is hard.
Pound it in a mortar, and measure 6 ounces of the powder; mix it with the suet and sugar.
Add the lemon rind; pour over the milk, and add the eggs.
Beat well for a few minutes.
Then put the mixture in layers in a pie-dish alternately with the preserve.
Let the top layer be the pudding mixture.
Bake in a moderate oven until the mixture is set.
Bread-and-Cheese Pudding.
_Ingredients_--6 oz. of dried and powdered bread.
lb. of grated cheese.
pint of milk.
1 egg, well beaten.
Pepper and salt.
A little cayenne.
_Method._--Mix all the ingredients together, and bake in a pie-dish until the mixture is set.
Mould of Rice.
_Ingredients_-- lb. of rice.
1 quart of milk.
lb. of moist or castor sugar.
_Method._--Boil the rice with the sugar in the milk until it is perfectly soft.
Then put it into a mould.
When cold, turn it out, and serve it with jam.
Norfolk Dumpling.
_Ingredients_--Some bread dough.
_Method._--Make the dough into small round b.a.l.l.s.
Drop them into fast-boiling water, and boil quickly for twenty minutes.
Serve immediately, either with meat or with sweet sauce.
Sago Pudding.
_Ingredients_--1 pint of milk.
2 tablespoonfuls of sago.
2 tablespoonfuls of sugar.
1 egg.
_Method._--Simmer the sago in the milk until it thickens.
Add the sugar and the egg, well beaten.
Put it into a pie-dish, and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour.
