Boiled Bread Pudding

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 pint milk
• 3/4 pint bread crumbs
• sugar to taste
• 4 eggs
• 1 oz butter
• 3 oz currants
• 1/4 teaspoonful grated nutmeg

Instructions

1. Make the milk boiling, and pour it on the bread crumbs;
2. let these remain till cold;
3. then add the other ingredients, taking care that the eggs are well beaten and the currants well washed, picked, and dried.
4. Beat the pudding well, and put it into a buttered basin;
5. tie it down tightly with a cloth, plunge it into boiling water, and boil for 1-1/4 hour;
6. turn it out of the basin, and serve with sifted sugar.
7. Any odd pieces or scraps of bread answer for this pudding; but they should be soaked overnight, and, when wanted for use, should have the water well squeezed from them.