Herb Pudding

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

vegetables

spinage
beets ↝ Beets, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
leeks ↝ Leeks [Onions]

groats

a quart of groats steeped in warm water half an hour ↝ Buckwheat groats [Pasta, noodles, cooked grains]

fat and aromatics

a pound of hog's-lard cut in little bits
three large onions chopped small ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
three sage leaves hacked fine ↝ Fireweed, leaves, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

seasoning

a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (12)

Take a handful each of spinach, beets, parsley, and leeks.
Wash the herbs.
Scald them in boiling water.
Shred them very fine.
Have ready a quart of groats steeped in warm water for half an hour.
Have ready a pound of hog's-lard cut into little bits.
Have ready three large onions chopped small.
Have ready three sage leaves hacked fine.
Put in a little salt.
Mix all well together.
Tie it close up.
It will require to be taken up in boiling, to slacken the string a little.

Original Text

Herb Pudding.
OF spinage, beets, parsley, and leeks take each a handful, wash them, and give them a scald in boiling water, then shred them very fine, have ready a quart of groats steeped in warm water half an hour, and a pound of hog's-lard cut in little bits, three large onions chopped small, and three sage leaves hacked fine, put in a little salt, mix all well together, and tie it close up; it will require to be taken up in boiling, to slacken the string a little.

Notes

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