[lace-chat] old measures

[Rick and Sharon Whiteley]

I'm having a horrific time steaming Christmas puddings.  A few weeks ago our 
local paper published a Christmas pudding recipe from Mrs. Beeton's book.  I 
thought it sounded rather nice, not too sweet (has no sugar at all).  Well, 
today I started to make it.  I kept putting the ingredients in a bowl 
..didn't take long before I realised that my bowl wasn't big enough.  I 
transferred everything to my big bread bowl ..it got filled too.  I was 
getting a little alarmed by this time but continued adding more of the 
ingredients.  Then came the first problem.  It called for a "wine glass" of 
rum or brandy.  What on earth is a wineglassful?  There was a time when I 
knew but that's long forgotten.  so, I got on the internet and typed in 
"what is a wine glassful"  It came back with the answer that it's a full 
wine glass.  That's a big help.   Anyway, I just decided to wing it and hope 
for the best. Thinking anxiously ahead, I consulted my Margarite Paton 
cookbook, she's full of ideas on how to fix a dud pudding, in this case a 
well flavoured sauce should help.  My next problem is how to steam all the 
b*#+%y puddings.  I have a 2 quart, 1 quart, and three small puddings from 
this recipe .. I don't have that many suitable saucepans!  I'm trying the 
oven method. There's only going to be 5 of us oldies for dinner, looks like 
we'll be eating Christmas pudding all year.  One book did say you can fry 
the leftovers :)
I would like to ask you founts of all knowledge out there  "what, in ounces, 
is a wine glassful"?  has anyone else had a disaster like this?  What did 
you do to fix it ..besides flinging it out for the birds?  Would birds like 
this sort of thing?  Thanks. Sharon on rainy Vancouver Island 

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