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One pound of flour, six ounces of very finely-minced beef suet; roll thin, and fill with one pound and a quarter of boiling apples: add grated rind and strained juice of a small lemon, tie it in a cloth; boil one hour and twenty minutes, or longer, in the water. A small slice of fresh butter stirred into it when it is sweetened will be an acceptable addition; grated nutmeg, or cinnamon in fine powder, may be substituted for lemon-rind. For a richer pudding use half a pound of butter for the crust, and add to the apples a spoonful or two of orange or quince marmalade,
 
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