An oldie but a goodie
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381739)
Rockingham, Australia
February 16, 2023 6:48am CST
We’ve just finished our dinner – lamb chops with vegetables – and very nice it was too. We bought custard today but forget to buy any tinned peaches to go with it so I exerted myself and made a steamed pudding. I used a recipe from my Golden Wattle Cookbook which is the one I had during my high school years.
It is made using what we were taught as the ‘second cake method’, creaming the butter and sugar, adding eggs then flour, and milk if needed. That’s the basic idea. The recipe I used only had 4 ounces of flour so the pudding is small but ideal for two of us. We’ll get several desserts from it. The pudding had a spoonful of jam in the bottom of the pudding dish. When you upend it, the jam is on top but I forgot to take a photo. Wouldn’t you just know it? 
Haha – I just looked through my photos and here’s one I made some time ago. Tonight’s had apricot jam on it. Maybe tomorrow I’ll teach you the ‘first cake method’. 
Haha – I just looked through my photos and here’s one I made some time ago. Tonight’s had apricot jam on it. Maybe tomorrow I’ll teach you the ‘first cake method’. 24 people like this
26 responses
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
17 Feb 23
Looks delicious and I love lamb chops.
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@Juliaacv (56195)
• Canada
17 Feb 23
A dear friend of mine from high school still has some of the recipes that we made back in grade 9 home economics class. I have my Let's Bake Bread recipe book from when I was only 12 years old and a member of the 4-H club.
Those old recipes often have simple ingredients that most of us have in our home.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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18 Feb 23
I remember my dad telling me when he was in the army and stationed in New Guina and Australia, they ate so much mutton he could not stand it when he came back home.
I've tried lamb in college. It was not bad!
I've tried lamb in college. It was not bad!1 person likes this
@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Feb 23
@dgobucks226 Yes, a very similar scenario.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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18 Feb 23
@JudyEv As common as Americans and their steaks and hamburgers I guess.
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@MarieCoyle (59106)
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17 Feb 23
You had me at lamb chops. So good. They are extremely expensive here, so to buy them is a big treat.
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb 23
@MarieCoyle We grew up virtually living on lamb too for years and years.
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@MarieCoyle (59106)
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17 Feb 23
@JudyEv
I can understand that. I grew up eating lamb, my family always fixed it. But now it's not nearly as affordable or even available so when we do see it, the price is usually very high.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
16 Feb 23
You have such delicious niceties Judy
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Just checked.
The cake looks great, but I don't bake in Florida or eat sweets much.
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
17 Feb 23
I've made flan before. Is it anything like that?
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
18 Feb 23
@JudyEv I love upside down cakes. They are so moist.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Feb 23
uhm please come bring me one!
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@thislittlepennyearns (68159)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
17 Feb 23
@JudyEv of course.
You said custard and it reminded me of a British TV show, probably the only thing from Britain that I actually know anything about. Doctor Who.
I Australia and UK are very different, but is Doctor Who a big thing there too?
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
17 Feb 23
Your meal sounds delicious!! And that dessert looks so tempting!! You had a feast
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@Beestring (15373)
• Hong Kong
16 Feb 23
I love having lamb chops once in a while. Your pudding sounds delicious.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
17 Feb 23
The steamed pudding looks delicious ! The old recipe is not necessarily out-of-date.
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@FourWalls (86568)
• United States
17 Feb 23
As long as it tasted good, it doesn’t matter.
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Feb 23
We almost lived on lamb when we were first married as my father would butcher his own sheep and every time we visited we were given sometiimes a whole sheep all cut up. We lived four hours away so only got home three or four times a year but the meat was still very much appreciated.
My predictive text wanted to write '.....but the meat was still very much alive'!!! 
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Oh my, the meat was still very much alive is a sort of gruesome horror story.
@sathviksouvik (23233)
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17 Feb 23
the food looks awesome today i had chicken curry and rice
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@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb 23
Chicken curry and rice would have been an enjoyable meal too.
