Baked Squash Pudding

This recipe calls for a Hubbard squash... and I didn't know what that was. After a quick Google search, I've attached a photo of one below.
It also calls for "top milk"... but I'll let you Google that one yourself.


Baked Squash Pudding

1 1/4 cups cooked Hubbard squash
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 ts salt
1/4 ts cinnamon
2 eggs
3/4 cup top milk

- Strain squash, then mix with sugar, molasses, salt and cinnamon.
- Beat in eggs, add milk and mix.
- Pour into greased baking dish. Bake at 325 degrees for 90 minutes.

Suet Pudding

We visited Grammy last weekend, and this particular recipe came up. "Suet Pudding"... it sounds really unhealthy. I'm visualizing the stuff you put in bird feeders.

Grammy says that she once served it to a guest who wouldn't touch it. She claims that at a later date, she served it to that person again, but called it "Ohio Pudding." The guest had seconds. Go figure.

Suet Pudding

1 cup milk

1 cup suet, chopped

1 egg white

1 tsp salt

1 cup raisins

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

- Mix everything together, and put in a greased double boiler.

- Boil for 2 1/2 to 3 hours (lid on boiler), until firm to touch

*Don't lift the lid before 2 1/2 hours, or the pudding will fall.

Suet Pudding Sauce

1 lemon, juiced and grated rind

1 cup sugar

1 TB butter

2 cups water

1 egg yolk

pinch of salt

2 TB flour or cornstarch

-Cook until thick

Cut pudding into wedges and serve with sauce.

Date Pudding

"Date Pudding

1 cup chopped nuts

1 cup dates

2 eggs

4 TB milk

4 TB flour

1 ts Baking Powder

3/4 cup sugar

Served with whipped cream"

Now, here's the interesting part. Gertie has the instructions memorized, so it doesn't say what to do with these ingredients. Do we boil this and let it cool until firm? Do we bake it? Her Ozark pudding recipe calls for 35 minutes at 350 degrees, but I'm not sure about this one. The smart thing would be to call her up and ask... but knowing this family, we're entitled to a few experimental cooking disasters first. Good luck!