| 1 | *plus additional flour for dusting fruits and adding to batter if needed. |
| 2 | grease and flour six 1-pound coffee cans or pudding molds. |
| 3 | sift the 4 ?cups flour with next 7 dry ingredients into a large bowl. |
| 4 | In a separate bowl, dust the raisins, currants, apples and nuts with 2 tablespoons additional flour. |
| 5 | mix together the suet, brown sugar, eggs and buttermilk. |
| 6 | Add the suet mixture gradually to the sifted dry ingredients, mixing well. |
| 7 | Add fruits and bread crumbs; mix until well-blended. |
| 8 | (if batter is not stiff, stir in additional flour as needed). |
| 9 | divide mixture among prepared cans or molds, filling them half full. |
| 10 | Cover each with a double sheet of waxed paper and tie down securely. |
| 11 | pressure cooker: place hot water in the bottom of a large pressure cooker/canner, using enough to reach a level just below the bottom of a steaming rack. |
| 12 | Place cans or molds on the rack. |
| 13 | Cover the pressure canner and steam the puddings 20 minutes with the vent tube (or petcock) open. |
| 14 | Then attach the automatic pressure control or close the petcock and cook for 50 minutes at 10 lbs. |
| 15 | Pressure. |
| 16 | Remove the pressure cooker from heat. |
| 17 | When pressure is completely reduced, open and remove the puddings from the cooker. |
| 18 | regular steamer: in a large stockpot or boiling water bath canner, add water to come up just below the bottom of the steaming rack. |
| 19 | Add puddings, cover and steam for 6 hours, adding water as necessary to keep from boiling dry. |
| 20 | It helps if the lid is tightfitting; if not, try putting a weight on the lid to keep it down, or cover the pot rim with a strip of aluminum foil to help the lid fit more tightly. |
| 21 | to serve, slice and resteam in the top of a double boiler over simmering water until hot, about 1 hour. |
| 22 | Serve with hard sauce and whipped cream flavored with brandy or the wilson family"s favorite sauce (see recipe). |
| 23 | this pudding will keep for months in the refrigerator or may be frozen up to one year. |
| 24 | eulalie jeter"s grandmother"s recipe in special writer marilyn kluger"s 1?/92 "a dickens of a delight: christmas plum pudding is a holiday treat straight from merry olde england" article in "the (louisville, ky) courier-journal." pg. |
| 25 | C7 |
