Housekeeping in Old Virginia

Seventeen hundred recipes from the housewives of Old Virginia — Sally Lunn and beaten biscuit, brandy peaches and Brunswick stew — gathered in 1879 by Patrick Henry's granddaughter, with tributes from the First Lady down.

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Plum Pudding (Eggs the yolks and whites)

8 eggs (the yolks and whites beaten very light). 1 pint of suet chopped fine. 1 pint of sweet milk. 11/2 pint stoned raisins, rubbed in flour. 1 quart of bread crumbs rubbed till very fine. Half pint citron sliced thin. 1 teacup of light brown sugar.

Grease and flour your mould, pour your pudding in, boil two hours, and eat with rich boiled sauce, made of sugar, butter, wine, and nutmeg.--Mrs. B. C. C.

Recipe for a simpler Plum Pudding. 3 cupfuls flour. 1 cupful raisins. 1 cupful brown sugar. 1 cupful buttermilk. 1/2 cup molasses. 1 cup of suet, or half a cup of butter. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoonful soda. Boil and eat with sauce.--Mrs. E. B.

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