• 2 cups blueberries
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 tablesp. lemon juice
• 2 cups plain flour
• 4 teasp. baking-powder
• ½ teasp. salt
• 2 tablesp. sugar
• ¼ cup shortening
• ¾ cup milk (approx.)

Put the blueberries, ½ cup of sugar, lemon juice and 1 cup of water into a pan and bring to boil, stirring continuously. Boil for 3 min. Sift together the flour, baking-powder and salt, add the 2 tablesp. sugar. Cut in the fat and mix with milk to make a soft dough. Drop the dough over the boiling fruit, cover and simmer for 10 min. without raising the lid.