This section is from the book "Breakfast, Luncheon And Tea", by Marion Harland. Also available from Amazon: Breakfast, Luncheon And Tea.
1 large lobster well boiled, or a can of preserved lobster.
1/2 cup cream or rich milk.
Cayenne pepper and salt.
1 teaspoonful of Worcestershire or Harvey's sauce.
1/4 pound fat, salt pork, or corned ham, cut into very thin slices.
3 eggs.
Pound the meat and coral to a paste. Mix into this two eggs well beaten, the seasoning, the bread-crumbs, and one table-spoonful of cream. Stir all together until light. Line the pudding-mould with the sliced ham. Pour the mixture into this and fit on the top. Set into a pot or pan of boiling water, and boil steadily for one hour.'
 
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