'If you want a good pudding, to teach you I'm willing;
Take two pennyworth of eggs, when twelve for a shilling,
And of the same fruit, that Eve once had chosen,
Well pared and well chopped, at least half a dozen;
Six ounces of bread – let your maid eat the crust,
The crumbs must be grated as small as the dust;
Six ounces of currants from the stones you must sort,
Lest they break out your teeth, and spoil all your sport;
Six ounces of sugar won't make it too sweet,
Some salt and some nutmeg will make it complete;
Three hours let it boil, without hurry or flutter,
And then serve it up, without sugar or butter.'
Eliza also wrote for Dickens' magazine Household Words. Her book was usurped by Beeton's 'Book of Household Management' in 1861, although Beeton borrowed 150 recipes from Eliza. Delia Smith has used Acton recipes in her own works.
'If you want a good pudding, to teach you I'm willing;
Take two pennyworth of eggs, when twelve for a shilling,
And of the same fruit, that Eve once had chosen,
Well pared and well chopped, at least half a dozen;
Six ounces of bread – let your maid eat the crust,
The crumbs must be grated as small as the dust;
Six ounces of currants from the stones you must sort,
Lest they break out your teeth, and spoil all your sport;
Six ounces of sugar won't make it too sweet,
Some salt and some nutmeg will make it complete;
Three hours let it boil, without hurry or flutter,
And then serve it up, without sugar or butter.'
Eliza also wrote for Dickens' magazine Household Words. Her book was usurped by Beeton's 'Book of Household Management' in 1861, although Beeton borrowed 150 recipes from Eliza. Delia Smith has used Acton recipes in her own works.
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