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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons disti

by Unknown

A CYCLOPÆDIA OF CANADIAN BUNKNOWN
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“Dalley, Frederick Fenner, 218 Dalton, Hon. Charles, 204 Daniels, Hon. Orlando T., 206 Dargavel, John Robertson, 133 Davey, James, 68 David, Hon. Laurent Olivier, 182 Davidson, James Wheeler, 191 Davidson, William McCartney, 225 Davis, Albert Mayno, 229 Davis, Aubrey, 176 Dawson, Arthur Osborne, 32 De Celles, Alfred Duclos, 66 Delage, Cyrille F., 195 Demers, Joseph, 160 Denis, J. Wilfred, 69 Denton, Frank, 62 Deroche, William Paschal, 172 de Tremaudan, A. H., 76 Detwiler, Noah Bechtel, 277 Dewart, Herbert Hartley, 275 Dickson, Rev. James A. R., 136 Dinnick, Lieut.-Col. Wilfrid Servington, 193 Diver, Frederick, 125 Dobell, Sir Charles Macpherson, 24 Doherty, Hon. Charles Joseph, 156 Dollard, Rev. James B., 184 Donogh, John Ormsby, 161 Donovan, Albert Edward, 300 Doughty, Arthur George, 297 Douglas, James, 32 Douglas, William James, 195 Dowling, John S., 176 Drayton, Sir Henry Lumley, 23 Drayton, Philip Henry, 276 Drysdale, William, 186 Duclos, Arnold Willard, 285 Duff, Hon. Lyman Poore, 271 Dunlop, Edward Arunah, 237 Dunning, Hon. Charles Avery, 216 Dwyer, William Henry, 72 Dymond, Allan Malcolm, 41”

From a cookbook of 1861

A cook of roughly the same moment, setting down the same dish.

1861  ·  Beeton
ROLY-POLY JAM PUDDING

1291. INGREDIENTS.--3/4 lb of suet-crust No. 1215, 3/4 lb. of any kind of jam. _Mode_.--Make a nice light suet-crust by recipe No. 1215, and roll it out to the thickness of about 1/2 inch. Spread the jam equally over it, leaving a small margin of paste without any, where the pudding joins. Roll it up, fasten the ends securely, and tie it in a floured cloth; put the pudding into boiling water, and boil for 2 hours. Mincemeat or marmalade may be substituted for the jam, and makes excellent puddings. _Time_.--2 hours. _Average cost_, 9d. _Sufficient_ for 5 or 6 persons. _Seasonable_.--Suitable for winter puddings, when fresh fruit is not obtainable.

Sources: The passage is from Unknown, A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons disti, free to read in full at Project Gutenberg. The recipe is from Beeton, The Book of Household Management of 1861, also free in full. Both are in the public domain in the United States. The binding above is ours — teal cloth, amphora stamp.

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