Plain Lemon Pudding

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb flour
• 6 oz lard or dripping
• the juice of 1 large lemon
• 1 teaspoonful flour
• sugar

Instructions

1. Make the above proportions of flour and lard into a smooth paste, and roll it out to the thickness of about 1/2 inch.
2. Squeeze the lemon-juice, strain it into a cup, stir the flour into it, and as much moist sugar as will make it into a stiff and thick paste;
3. spread this mixture over the paste, roll it up, secure the ends, and tie the pudding in a floured cloth.
4. Boil for 2 hours.