This section is from the book "Brewster Book Of Recipes", by Woman's Association of Brewster Congregational Church. Also available from Amazon: Book of recipes.
1 cup milk. 1 cup molasses. Salt. 1 cup suet. 2 teaspoons soda. 1 cup seeded raisins (chopped). 3 cups Henkel's flour.
Chop suet fine, add molasses, soda, milk, raisins, salt and flour. Steam 3 hours. Serve with a hot sauce.
Sauce.
2 cups pulverized sugar. Butter size of an egg. 1 egg. 1 gill milk.
Work sugar and butter together, add egg and work until creamy; add milk. Set on low fire and simmer until thick.
Mrs. E. Moore.
3 cups Henkel's flour. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 1 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon cloves. 1 cup raisins. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 cup currants. Nutmeg and lemon peel to taste. 1 cup suet (chopped fine).
Mix with buttermilk; steam about 3 hours.
Mrs. James Bunting.
 
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