Saturday 17 October 2015

Biscuit and Date Pudding à la Gallipoli



Sunday 17th October 1915: A lance corporal in the East Anglian Royal Engineers serving in Gallipoli has sent us the following recipe: “I broke up some biscuits and made a paste with a little bacon fat and water, and then added half of a fruit cake in slices. Then I made a pudding bag of a white handkerchief and boiled it in my mess tin for an hour. It turned out a success as a biscuit and date pudding”.

Source: Bedfordshire Times 12th November 1915

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