Soak five ounces of white bread (it may be stale bread) in cold water; then squeeze out every bit of water, put it in a bowl, add three-fourths cup of soft goose fat in small pieces, five whole eggs, one cup of flour, one-half cup of sugar, one-fourth cup of cracker meal, three apples and two pears cut in small pieces, two dozen raisins with the seeds removed, salt to taste, a tiny pinch of pepper, one-quarter teaspoon each of cinnamon and allspice.
Mix all well together, and pour into an iron pan that has the bottom well covered with goose-fat; stick a few pieces of cut apple or pear in the top of the pudding.
Pour a cup of cold water over all, place in the oven to bake.
Bake slowly for five or six hours. If the water cooks out before it is ready to brown, add more. Bake brown, top and bottom.
