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Mary Carnegie and Susan Gillespie cookbook, 1804-1905

Page 95

95 Ginger Beer - by James Fleming
To a Cask of 20 pints Scotch measure take 11 pounds of Sugar Refined or raw 10 Ounces of Ginger and the whites of 8 Eggs well beat up -- Put the Sugar and Eggs on the fire with Cold Water - and before it has boiled through - take of the Scum very [nicely?] - then add the Ginger which should be only bruised (not finely pounded) and tied up in a bit of Muslin - Let the Ginger boil in the Liquor for 20 minutes or half an hour When it has stood till Milk warm put it into the Cask with 3 table Spoonfuls of yeast, let it work five or six days and then Bottle it --- --- ---
Castle puddings.
Take the weight of two Eggs, of Flour, Butter, & sugar: half melt the butter, & beat it into cream; mix all together, adding some grated lemon -- peel. Just before putting into the oven, beat it up, & half fill six cups. Bake them twenty minutes. -- Pudding Sauce. Three glasses of white wine, the juice of half a Lemon, & a bit of the peel. Make it hot. -- Anna M. [Huelow?].

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95 Ginger Beer - by James Fleming To a Cask of 20 pints Scotch measure take 11 pounds of Sugar Refined or raw 10 Ounces of Ginger and the whites of 8 Eggs well beat up -- Put the Sugar and Eggs on the fire with Cold Water - and before it has boiled through - take of the Scum very [nicely?] - then add the Ginger which should be only bruised (not finely pounded) and tied up in a bit of Muslin - Let the Ginger boil in the Liquor for 20 minutes or half an hour When it has stood till Milk warm put it into the Cask with 3 table Spoonfuls of yeast, let it work five or six days and then Bottle it --- --- --- Castle puddings. Take the weight of two Eggs, of Flour, Butter, & sugar: half melt the butter, & beat it into cream; mix all together, adding some grated lemon -- peel. Just before putting into the oven, beat it up, & half fill six cups. Bake them twenty minutes. -- Pudding Sauce. Three glasses of white wine, the juice of half a Lemon, & a bit of the peel. Make it hot. -- Anna M. [Huelow?].