Plum pudding | grams of golden raisins

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by Émile Dumont (1829 - 1887)

Translation © by Ingrid Schmithüsen

Plum Pudding

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Deux cents cinquante grammes de raisins de Malaga,
Deux cents cinquante grammes de raisins de Corinthe,
Deux cents cinquante gramm[es] de graisse de rognon de bœuf,
Et cent vingte cinq gramm[es] de mie de pain émiettée,
Soixante gramm[es] de sucr[e] en poudre ou de cassonade, 
Un verr[e] de lait ; un demi verr[e] de rhum ou d'eau-de-vie ;
Trois œufs ; un citron !
Muscade, gingimbre, cannell[e] en poudre, mélangés
(En tout la moitié d'une cuillère à café) 
Sel fin la moitié d'une cuillère à café.

Text Authorship:

by Émile Dumont (1829 - 1887) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), "Plum Pudding", 1948, published 1949 [voice and piano], from La Bonne Cuisine, no. 1, Schirmer [
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ENG English (Leonard Bernstein) , title 1: "Plum Pudding", copyright ©
ENG English (Ingrid Schmithüsen) , title 1: "Plum pudding", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Plum pudding

Language: English after the French (Français)

250 grams of golden raisins,
250 grams of curants;
250 grams of beef kidney fat,
And 125 grams of bread crumbs,
60 grams of powdered or brown sugar,
A glass of milk, a half glass of rum or brandy,
3 eggs, a lemon!
Nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, mixed
(all together about half a teaspoon),
Half a teaspoon of finely ground salt.

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a text in French (Français) by Émile Dumont (1829 - 1887)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-18
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