The Blue Grass Cook Book

page 224

vanilla and bake till it begins to thicken. Add 2 cups of sugar to the 6 whites
which have been well beaten. Cover the top of pudding with acid jelly and spread
on the meringue and stick almonds here and there on the top. Let it brown and
serve cold with cream or sauce.
A little wine may be used by leaving out the same quantity of milk.

      FIG PUDDING

  3 eggs,

  1 scant coffeecup of sugar,

  1 cup of sweet milk,

  1 cup of butter,

  2 heaping cups of bread-crumbs,

  1 pound of figs, chopped fine,

  1 wineglass of sherry,

  2 tablespoons of flour, with

  2 teaspoons of baking-powder, sifted in the flour.

Steam 3 hours. Serve with sauce.

Put pudding in a cake-mould and set in steamer.

      FINE
      ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING
V. C. G.

  1/2 pound of flour,

  3/4 pound of bread-crumbs,

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