A recipe that must be at least 20 years old. Hope you like it.
½lb currants
½lb sultanas
½lb raisins
2 oz candied peel
6 oz suet
6 oz self Raising Flour or 4 oz S.R.Flour and 2 oz ground almonds
½ teaspoon each of mixed spice and ground nutmeg
8 oz brown Sugar or 6 oz brown sugar and 1 tablespoon black treacle
8 oz bread crumbs
rind and juice of a lemon
2 large eggs or 3 medium (recipe states 2½ eggs!)- beaten
½ pint rum or try Guiness or Stout
6 tablespoons milk
Combine the fruit with the rum or stout and soak overnight.
Put all the ingredients a in a mixing bowl and add the beaten eggs and place in the size (s) of pudding basins you need for Christmas. The recipe does not give any steaming times but, from memory, it would have been about 8 hours for a 1lb pudding then reheated on the day for 2 hours.
If you are going to use a pressure cooker check your instructions for cooking times.
To save washing up why not use foil puddings basins like the ones done by Caroline?
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Auto Charging Function
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Does your central heating system make some strange noises? Do your radiators heat up at the top but never at the bottom? Could be your radiators are full of corrosion and scale which reduce their efficiency and the gas given off can cause knocking and rattling.
But don't give up. You could attempt the job yourself if you have a medium skill level and a good friend. To be really thorough you should remove each radiator, drain out the rubbish inside it in the garden then flush through with the hosepipe. A mucky job but think of the money you're saving. To flush a central heating system can cost £600+.
When you've done each radiator and refilled the system then put in system inhibitor in the header tank and enjoy a warmer (and quieter) winter.
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