the weight of an egg in flour, sugar, breadcrumbs, butter, raisins (or currants), chopped fresh apple, teaspoon of carbonate of soda.

Mix flour, sugar, breadcrumbs, raisins (or currants), butter and apple together. Then mix this with the egg and a little milk into which the soda has been well stirred. Boil in a buttered basin bowl for about 3 hours.

(from Green and Gold Cookery Book, c1921)

Submitted by: Aussievegan