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Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday
Graphic by MamaBear
Barbie Dolls 1st Sold
Lost Penny Day
National Plum Pudding Day
Plum Pudding
4 oz. all-purpose flour
4 oz. freshly made soft white bread crumbs
4 eggs
1/2 lb. butter
1/2 lb. sugar
12 oz. sultanas
12 oz. raisins
8 oz. currants
4 oz. citron (mixed peel)
1 lemon, juice & grated rind
2 rounded tsp. allspice
2 rounded tsp. nutmeg
1 c. plus 3 tbsp. Guinness stout
Melt margarine and add sugar.
In a separate bowl, beat eggs and add to fruit and breadcrumbs.
Allow the sugar to dissolve in the margarine, but DO NOT BOIL.
Add all the fruit and the stout to melted margarine and sugar.
Combine the flour and spices, then add to the mixture and mix well.
Pour into a greased Pyrex bowl and steam for about 3 hours
in a Bain-marie or covered double boiler.
Carefully turn out onto a plate while the bowl is still warm.
Serve in wedges with the topping of your choice
(ice cream, whipped cream, hard sauce, brandy butter, drizzled icing, etc.).
Love Week Contines
2,086 posted on
02/12/2009 9:47:12 AM PST by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: JustAmy
Goodness!!!! What is Guiniess Stout??
2,089 posted on
02/12/2009 10:09:26 AM PST by
pollywog
(I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
To: JustAmy; MEG33; Pippin; Billie; Mama_Bear; Kitty Mittens; GodBlessUSA; yorkie; jaycee; deadhead; ...
Good evening everyone!
Come slowly, Eden
Lips unused to thee.
Bashful, sip thy jasmines,
As the fainting bee,
Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums,
Counts his nectars -alights,
And is lost in balms!
Come slowly by Emily Dickinson
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