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Grandmother Cole's English Plum Pudding

One pound of raisins after they are stoned, one pound of currants, one pound of sugar, one pound of beef lard chopped fine, one pound of flour, eight eggs, one large glass of brandy, one large glass of wine, one-half ounce of ground mace, one-half ounce of ground nutmeg, one-half pound of citron, add candied lemon or orange peel. Use sufficient milk to make it of a proper consistency (that is, a thick batter), one teaspoon of salt; flour well the bag, leaving room for the pudding to swell a little, and tie the string very tight; boil seven or eight hours. Salt the water.

Sauce-Make a thin drawn butter, add sugar, brandy, wine and

— Mrs. Theodore A. Cole

nutmeg.