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].
6 ounces of stale bread crumbs. 6 ounces of sugar. 6 ounces of currants. 4 ounces of citron. 6 ounces of suet. 6 eggs. 6 ounces of apples. The grated rind and juice of one orange. 1 teaspoonful of salt.
Pass the suet, apples, pared and cored, and the citron through the food chopper together; add the currants, salt, sugar, and bread crumbs (centre of loaf passed through a colander), also when thoroughly mixed the beaten yolks of the eggs, diluted with the grated rind and juice of the orange; lastly, add the stiff-beaten whites of the eggs. Steam four to six hours in a two-quart mould; two brick ice cream moulds, each holding a quart, give puddings good shape for serving. Serve with lemon, wine, or hard sauce.
 
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