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 BBS: The GWE BBS [ASV/CIN]
Date: 12-14-47 (53 19)             Number: 353
From: SWEET THANG #32 @9415*2      Refer#: NONE
  To: ALL                           Recvd: NO  
Subj: REGAL PLUM PUDDING             Conf: (37) Home Cooki
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From Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book:

4 slices bread, torn up
1 cup milk
2 slightly beaten eggs
1 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
6 oz. finely chopped suet
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp soda
a/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground mace
2 cups raisins
1 cup pitted dates, cut up
1/2 cup chopped mixed candied fruits and peels
1/2 cup broken walnuts

Soak bread in milk; beat.  Stir in next 5 ingredients.  Sift together dry 
ingredients; add fruits and nuts; mix well.  Stir in bread mixture.  Pour into 
well-greased 2 qt. mold.  Cover with foil; tie with string.

Place on rack in deep kettle; add boiling water, 1 inch deep.  Cover; steam 
3-1/2 hrs, adding water if needed.  Cool 10 minutes; unmold.  Serve warm with 
Hard sauce.  Serves 12.
     Angela...I suppose now you want the recipe for HARD SAUCE?  If so, I can 
post tomorrow, as baby is calling me now.
