Boiled Pudding: The Vicar's Treat

A Receipt for Pudding
If the vicar you treat, You must give him to eat, A pudding to his affection. And to make his repast By the Cannon of Taste, Be the present receipt your direction. First we take 2 lbs. of bread, Be the crumb only weigh'd, For the crumb, the good wife refuses. The proportions, you'll guess May be made more or less, To the size the family chuses. Then it's sweetness, to make; Some currents you take, And sugar, of each a half pound. Be butter not forgot, And the quantity sought Must the same with your currents be found. Cloves & Mace you will want, With rose water, I grant, And more savory things, if well chosen. Then to bind each ingredient, You'll find it expedient Of eggs to put in a half dozen. Some milk, don't refuse it, But boil, as you use it, A proper pint for it's maker. And the whole, when complete, [Shall be ready to eat] With care, reccommend the baker. In praise of this pudding, I vouch [it] a good one, Or should you suspect a fond word, To every guest, Perhaps it is best Two puddings should smoke on the board. The two puddings-yet-no! For if one will do, The other comes in out of season; And these lines, but obey, Nor can anyone say, That this pudding's without rhyme or reason.Enjoyed this article? Visit our giftshop and escape into the world of Jane Austen for more Regency recipes.
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