John Townshend’s 1773 Recipe for ‘Quince Pudding’
This C18th recipe for a custard-based quince dish turned out to be eerily familiar…
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Juliet Corson’s 1882 Recipe for ‘Racket Club Pudding’
This simple C19th pudding recipe sounds sounds like a hearty, wholesome, stick-to-your-ribs, winter warmer of a dish to me.
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Miss Beecher’s 1848 Recipe for ‘An Apple Lemon Pudding’
This C19th recipe for a lemony, appley, baked egg custard sounds like simplicity itself to prepare and rather delicious to eat.
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Eliza Acton’s 1845 Recipe for ‘Queen Mab’s Summer Pudding’
The earliest recipe for a ‘summer pudding’ that I’ve found so far results in a very different dish to the bright pink bread-dome we’re used to.