Take 1 cupful each of flour, sugar and dried fruit, 1 tablespoonful butter, 1 teaspoonful carbonate soda, a pinch of salt. Mix soda thoroughly with flour, rub the butter through, add the sugar and fruit, and mix well with half a cupful of boiling water. Allow the mixture to stand over night, then boil in a cloth for not less than three hours. The longer time it is boiled the better the pudding will be.
PLUM PUDDING WITHOUT EGGS
The longer time it is boiled the better