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The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes

by Charles Dalton

THE WATERLOO ROLL CALL: WICHARLES DALTON
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“Capt. Thomas C. Fenton. Lieut. J.R.T. Graham. Sergt. James Andrew. ” Richard Hayward. ” Thomas Soars, W. ” William Swan. [5] Corp. John Craig, W. ” Thomas Davis. ” Robert Thompson. ” John Mair. [6] Trumpeter Henry Bowig. Privates— Thos. Anderson. John Arklie. James Armour. William Ballantyne. George Biddolph. Alex. Blackadder. Samuel Boulter. Cunningham Bowes, W. Stephen Brooks. Adam Brown, W. John Campbell. John Clarke, W. Robert Currie. William Dick, W. John Dobbie, W. John Ferguson. John Gould. James Green. William Howie. Alex. Hunter. Hugh Hunter. Robert Hunter. Arch. Hutton. James Jones, W. Arch. Kean. James Kean. Samuel Kinder. John Liddle, W. Robert Littlejohn, W. (dead). Joseph Macro. Peter Miller, W. John Mitchell, W. William Pearson, W. William Reid, W. John Ross. William Smith. Peter Swan, W. Jonathan Taylor. Andrew Thompson. John Watson. Thomas Wilmot.”

From a cookbook of 1861

A cook of roughly the same moment, setting down the same dish.

1861  ·  Beeton
ROLY-POLY JAM PUDDING

1291. INGREDIENTS.--3/4 lb of suet-crust No. 1215, 3/4 lb. of any kind of jam. _Mode_.--Make a nice light suet-crust by recipe No. 1215, and roll it out to the thickness of about 1/2 inch. Spread the jam equally over it, leaving a small margin of paste without any, where the pudding joins. Roll it up, fasten the ends securely, and tie it in a floured cloth; put the pudding into boiling water, and boil for 2 hours. Mincemeat or marmalade may be substituted for the jam, and makes excellent puddings. _Time_.--2 hours. _Average cost_, 9d. _Sufficient_ for 5 or 6 persons. _Seasonable_.--Suitable for winter puddings, when fresh fruit is not obtainable.

Sources: The passage is from Charles Dalton, The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes, free to read in full at Project Gutenberg. The recipe is from Beeton, The Book of Household Management of 1861, also free in full. Both are in the public domain in the United States. The binding above is ours — burgundy cloth, amphora stamp.

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