1 1 cups shortening 1 1 cups brown sugar 4 eggs 6 cups bread crumbs 1 box seedless raisins 2 cups mixed peel 1 cup cherries 2 cups rum 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. allspice 1 tsp. cloves 1 tbs. cinnamon CREAM shortening and sugar. Add beaten eggs and all other ingredients. Mix well. Steam in a pudding mould for 6 hours. Bermuda Cook Book by Cecille Snaith Simmons.

*** For health and weight-watchers, here is a special Christmas pudding recipe: LOW-FAT, LOW SUGAR CHRISTMAS PUDDING 3 cup wholemeal flour 1 cup wholemeal breadcrumbs 1 cup raisins 1 cup currants 1 cup ground almonds 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. mixed spice 1 tsp. nutmeg 10 oz. stout or Guinness 1 beaten egg 1 egg white 1 cooking apple 1 orange 1 lemon 2 large carrots MIX all dry ingredients together. Finely grate apple and carrot, together with the rinds of the orange and lemon. Stir into dry ingredients. Add stout and egg white. Transfer to a greased pudding basin, follow directions below, and steam for about 3 1 hours.