Pumpkin Pudding

This dish has a definite relationship to the American Plum Pudding in that it is a custardy dessert slow baked at a low temperature. Pumpkin purée is used in place of the cracker crumbs.

Opinion differed, however, on many points of serving. One New England housewife claimed: “Pumpkin pie is better a few days old, or when the top begins to look shiny.”¹⁵ To this, another hou