Son of a Gun in a Sack (Cowboy Pudding)
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
10-12
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups soft breadcrumbs
- 1⁄2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup suet (5 oz)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts
- 1 (5 1/2 ounce) can evaporated milk (2/3 cups)
- 1⁄2 cup light molasses
- sweetened whipped cream (optional)
directions
- In mixing bowl combine flour, bread crumbs, sugar, soda, salt cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
- Stir in raisins, suet, and nuts.
- Stir in milk and molasses; mix well.
- Arrange layers of cheesecloth to form a 16 inch square about 1/8 inch thick; set in a 1 quart bowl.
- Fill cheesecloth with pudding mixture; bring up sides of cheesecloth allowing room for expansion of the pudding; tie tightly with string.
- Place the “sack” in a colander.
- Place colander in kettle; add enough boiling water to cover the sack.
- Cover; boil gently for 2 hours.
- Remove colander from pan; remove cheesecloth from around pudding at once.
- Turn pudding, rounded side up, on plate.
- Let stand 30 minutes before service.
- Serve warm with whipped cream, if desired.
- NOTE: Suet is the hard fat from around the kidneys of cows and sheep. Do not confuse it with fat from other parts of the animal that may be sold as suet but does not have the same properties. Most of the suet sold in supermarkets these days is suspect, of indeterminate quality and age, and quite likely intended for bird feeders. A butcher would be a more reliable source for suet. If you can't bear the thought of using suet, you can certainly substitute solid vegetable shortening — which also has a relatively high melting point — for suet in most recipes and few people will notice.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Boy of Dees
Las Vegas, NV
My spousal unit and I live in Mesa Arizona and love the heck out of it. I was trained in Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management but due to disability am unable to pursue that career. I enjoy cookbooks, cooking websites, cooking magazines (Taste of Home, etc.). I have many cookbook gleaned from the shelves of used book stores and from church bake sales. I have also placed all my recipes on a disc and probably have 1000s myself. My wife is GREATLY disappointed that I wont let her cook. (She says I let her cook...I just won't eat anything she makes!) The picture on my icon is of my Great Zeyda "Wolf" Ginsberg who was known as the "Rabbi of Des Moines". This was a very old picture taken with a camera using flash powder for lighting. The couple in Renaissance garb is me and my DG. This is our wedding picture and the "wench" sitting down is "My Yiddishe Mama"