h as
little butter as you can.

158. _To make_ FRUIT FRITTERS.

Take a penny loaf, cut off the out crust, slice it, put to it as much
hot milk as will wet it, beat five or six eggs, put to them a quarter
of a pound of currans well cleaned, and a little candid orange shred
fine, so mix them well together, drop them with a spoon into a stew-pan
in clarified butter; have a little white wine, butter and sugar for
your sauce, put it into a china bason, lay your fritters round, grate a
little sugar over them, and serve them up.

159. _To make_ WHITE PUDDINGS _in Skins_.

Take half a pound of rice, cree it in milk while it be soft, when it is
creed put it into a cullinder to drain; take a penny loaf, cut off the
out crust, then cut it in thin slices, scald it in a little milk, but
do not make it over wet; take six eggs and beat them very well, a pound
of currans well cleaned, a pound of beef-suet shred fine, two or three
spoonfuls of rose-water, half a pound of powder sugar, a little salt, a
quarter of an ounce of mace, a large nutmeg grated, and a small stick
of cinnamon; beat them together, mix them very well, and put them into
the skins; if you find it be too thick put to it a little cream; you
may boil them near half an hour, it will make them keep the better.

160. _To make_ BLACK PUDDINGS.

Take two quarts of whole oatmeal, pick it and half boil it, give it
room in your cloth, (you must do it the day before you use it) put it
into the blood while it is warm, with a handful of salt, stir it very
well, beat eight or nine eggs in about a pint of cream, and a quart of
bread-crumbs, a handful or two of maslin meal dress'd through a
hair-sieve, if you have it, if not put in wheat flour; to this quantity
you may put an ounce of Jamaica pepper, and ounce of black pepper, a
large nutmeg, and a little more salt, sweet-marjoram and thyme, if they
be green shred them fine, if dry rub them to powder, mix them well
together, and if it be too thick put to it a little milk; take four
pounds of beef-suet, and four pounds of lard, skin and cut it it think
pieces, put it into your blood by handfuls, as you fill your puddings;
when they are filled and tied prick them with a pin, it will keep them
from bursting in the boiling; (you must boil them twice) cover them
close and it will make them black.

161. _An_ ORANGE PUDDING _another Way_.

Take two Seville oranges, the largest and cleanest you can get, grate
off the outer s