Brown-Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb brown-bread crumbs
• 1/2 lb currants
• 1/2 lb suet
• 1/4 lb moist sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoonful brandy
• 2 tablespoonful cream, grated nutmeg to taste

Instructions

1. Grate 3/4 lb. of crumbs from a stale brown loaf;
2. add to these the currants and suet, and be particular that the latter is finely chopped.
3. Put in the remaining ingredients;
4. beat the pudding well for a few minutes;
5. put it into a buttered basin or mould;
6. tie it down tightly, and boil for nearly 4 hours.
7. Send sweet sauce to table with it.