Category: Highbridge, Somerset UK 1898 – 1911

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A Trip through Britain with Puddings, late 1800’s through early 1900’s #6 Turkish Fig Pudding

#6 Turkish Fig Pudding Ingredients. 1 lb. of best figs finely chopped, 1 lb. breadcrumbs, ½ lb. suet finely shred, ¼ lb. moist sugar, 2 oz. candied peel, 1 oz. ground almonds, ½ a nutmeg grated, 3 well beaten eggs. Mode. Boil or steam for 2 ½ hours & serve with sweet sauce.   Candied Peel […]

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A Trip through Britain with Puddings, late 1800’s through early 1900’s: #5 The Lumberman’s X-mas Pudding

#5 The Lumberman’s X-mas Pudding Ingredients. ¼ lb. beef suet, ¼ lb. flour, ¼ lb. bread crumbs, 6 oz. currants, 6 oz raisins, 2 tablespoons demerara sugar, a tablespoonful of treacle, ¼ lb. mashed carrot, ¼ lb. mashed potato, 1 oz. each of candied orange & citron peel, the grated juice and rind of 1 […]

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A Trip through Britain with Puddings, late 1800’s through early 1900’s #4 John Bull’s Christmas Pudding

Ingredients.  1 ¼ lbs. flour, ¾ lb. breadcrumbs, ¾ lb. suet, ¾ lb. raisins, ½ lb. currants, ½ lb. sugar, 2 oz candied peel, 3 eggs, ½ pint milk, a pinch of salt. Method. Prepare the ingredients in the usual way; stone raisins etc. and thoroughly mix the dry articles before adding the beaten eggs […]

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A Trip through Britain with Puddings, late 1800’s through early 1900’s; #3 Exeter Pudding

#3 Exeter Pudding Ingredients: – 16 tablespoons bread crumbs, 8 (?) oz sago, six oz suet, 4 oz sugar, a pinch of salt, ½ a lemon, rind grated, 2 or 3 well beaten eggs, 2 oz dissolved butter, a little milk, ½ doz. penny sponge cakes, a few wafers.  Sauce – Melted red currant jelly […]

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A Trip through Britain with Puddings, late 1800’s through early 1900’s; # 2 Beryl Christmas Pudding

I really like unusual sounding recipes, especially those that have a sense of humor with them.  These stuck out to me in this book from Highbridge, Somerset in the UK during 1898 through 1911.  It is the first recipe in this book, “Old Lady Biscuits”, that just sets the whole thing as a fun read, […]

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A Trip through Britain with Puddings, late 1800’s through early 1900’s #1 Staffordshire Fig Pudding

I really like unusual sounding recipes, especially those that have a sense of humor with them.  These stuck out to me in this book from Highbridge, Somerset in the UK during 1898 through 1911.  It is the first recipe in this book, “Old Lady Biscuits”, that just sets the whole thing as a fun read, […]