Subj : Today in History - 1783
To   : All
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Sep 02 2022 14:39:00

03 SEPTEMBER 1783 - GREAT BRITAIN OFFICIALLY LOSES ITS REBELLIOUS COLONIES:
The Treaty of Paris is signed, granting Great Britain's former colonies 
reedom, and ending an 8-year war. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams are 
in the French capital acting for the United States, while Britain has 
sent a delegation that will refuse to sit for the official portrait. 

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Johnny Bull (Suet) Pudding
 Categories: Puddings, Beef, Fruits, Desserts, Sauces
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 c  Chopped kidney suet
      3 c  Flour
      2 ts Baking powder
      3 lg Eggs
      1 c  Sugar
      2 c  Cooked raisins
      1 ts (ea) ground ginger, cinnamon
           - allspice
    1/2 ts Ground cloves
      2 c  Milk

MMMMM------------------------LEMON SAUCE-----------------------------
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 tb Flour
      1 ts Butter
           Juice of 1 lemon
           Grated rind of half lemon
        pn Salt
      1 c  Water

MMMMM--------------------BRANDY (HARD) SAUCE-------------------------
      1 c  Water
      2 tb Corn Starch
      2 tb Butter
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 ts Nutmeg
    1/4 c  Brandy
      1 ts Real Vanilla
 
  Mix 1 cup flour and suet together with hands until all
  strings are worked out of suet. Cream sugar and eggs
  together. Sift flour, baking powder & spices together.
  Add to creamed mixture and alternate with milk and
  flour/suet. Last, add raisins and mix well. Place in a
  cloth bag and steam over hot water for 3 hours. Serve
  with sauce.
  
  MAKE THE LEMON SAUCE: Mix all ingredients together and
  cook a few moments. Pour over pudding.
  
  MAKE THE HARD SAUCE:  Mix dry ingredients and then stir
  them into a cup of boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes and
  then add butter, brandy, and vanilla.
  
  Serve hot over mince pie, gingerbread or plum pudding.
  
  From: My Grandmother's Kitchen
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
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