[Sca-cooks] Steamed Puddings...

[johnna holloway]

C. Anne Wilson spends pages 315-322 of her
Food and Drink in Britain discussing puddings
and their history in England. Boiled suet
puddings took off with the invention of the
pudding cloth which she dates to a mention in
1617. Before that time they had used animal guts.
The other Tudor alternative was to do the pudding
in a pie crust in a side oven. Check for recipes
in English works beg. in the 17th century. Karen
Hess provides a full commentary to go along with
the pudding recipes contained in Martha Washington's
Booke of Cookery. See pages 101-112.

Johnnae llyn Lewis  Johnna Holloway

Mercy Neumark wrote:> snipped
>> I watched the evile Martha Steward
 and she did a sweet pudding recipe for the holidays with
> those cool molds.  The mold is put into boiling water
 so it steams/cooks the pudding.
I went out an bought one of those cool molds Anyhow,
 I was wondering if people out there had any
> period recipes for these sorts of puddings?
  Both sweet dessert type and the
> more typical mincemeat sort of cakes
 I've come across on the internet.>
> Love to hear your opinions/recipes please! :)
> --Arte