This section is from the book "Practical Cooking And Serving", by Janet McKenzie Hill. Also available from Amazon: Practical Cooking and Serving: A Complete Manual of How to Select, Prepare, and Serve Food [1919].
(Ellen M. Chandler)
1 pound of carrots. 1/2 pound of currants. 1 pound of suet. 1 teaspoonful of ground cinnamon. 1 cup of sugar. 1 teaspoonful of nutmeg. 1 1/2 cups of flour. 1/2 teaspoonful of ground cloves. 1 teaspoonful of salt. 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. 1/2 pound of raisins.
Weigh the carrots, after peeling and grating. Mix the suet, chopped fine, with the fruit, and then with carrots; then add the baking-powder, spices, and flour, sifted together. Steam in a mould three hours and a half. Serve with a wine sauce.
 
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