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Economical Plum Pudding

Ingredients
2 cups Flour
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Currants
1 cup Raisins
1 cup Candied Peel
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon Mixed Spice
1 teaspoon Bicarbonate Of Soda
2 tablespoons Dripping

Method
Put all dry ingredients (except bicarbonate of soda) into a basin by themselves. Put bicarbonate of soda and dripping into a cup and fill it three-parts full with boiling water. Pour this into the dry ingredients, and mix well. Let stand overnight. Boil or steam in a greased mould for four hours.

Variations
See also one without eggs and Lorelle's and one using sago and a second sago version and a third and a plain one and Gardy's and one using suet and this rich Christmas pudding and another rich Christmas pudding
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