Boiled Corn Meal Pudding, Without Eggs

Original Recipe

To one quart of boiling milk, stir in a pint and a half of Indian meal, well sifted, a teaspoonful of salt, a cupful of molasses, half a cupful of chopped suet and a teaspoonful of dissolved soda; tie it up tight in a cloth, allowing room for it to swell, and boil four hours. Serve with sweet sauce.

Ingredients

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  • 1 quart of boiling milk
  • 1 pint and a half of indian meal
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt
  • 1 cupful of molasses
  • 1 cupful of chopped suet and a teaspoonful of dissolved soda
  • 1 cloth
  • 4 hours

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Instructions

  1. 1

    To one quart of boiling milk, stir in a pint and a half of Indian meal, well sifted, a teaspoonful of salt, a cupful of molasses, half a cupful of chopped suet and a teaspoonful of dissolved soda; tie it up tight in a cloth, allowing room for it to swell, and boil four hours.

  2. 2

    Serve with sweet sauce.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)