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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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“Lieut. G.H. Falconer. Troop Sergt.-Major Will. Perrie. Reg. Sergt.-Major Will. Crawford. Paymaster-Sergt. Will. Bayne. Armourer-Sergt. James Bray. Saddler-Sergt. Alex. Wallace. Sergt. John Gillies. ” Will Porteous. ” John White. Corp. Alex. Hall. ” Alex. Litch. ” John Scott. ” Hugh Wylie. Trumpeter Humphrey Stevenson. Privates— John Aitkin. John Andrew. James Ballantyne. Edward Bell. Isaac Bell. John Blair. Will. Bromley. James Bullock. John Callander. John Chambling. James Clachan. James Drummond. George Fiddes. James Frame. James Gibson. Henry Head. John Jarvie. Joseph Jarvie. David Kally. William Kidd. James Knox. John Livingston. William Leeke. Adam McCree. James MʻMillan. John Marshall. David Mathie. Robert Mathews. James Nairn. Thomas Nicol, W. William Patrick. David Pentland. Will. Provan. Will Robertson. Job Rood. James Rowan. Will Taylor, W. John Watson. Robert Watt, W. William Wells, W. Will Williamson. David Wilson. John White. Thomas Young.”

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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