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English Plum Pudding

1 pound chopped suet

2 cups crums

2 pounds raisins

1 teaspoon mixed spices

1 pound currants

2 cups brown sugar

1 pound mixed peel

8 eggs

2 cups flour

Mix the suet, the fruit and the chopped peel and dredge with some of the flour. Mix together the remaining flour, crums, spices and sugar, and add the well-beaten eggs. Stir the fruit and suet into this mixture and mix the whole thoroughly. Put into greased molds or into pudding cloths. Drop into a kettle of boiling water and boil from five to seven hours, according to the size of the pudding. Serve with hard sauce or any desired liquid sauce.