Roly Poly Bacon Pudding

PUBLISHED IN Sunday Times 1 November 1908

Ingredients

2 cups of flour

1 spoonful of baking powder

1 tablespoonful of dripping

½ lb. bacon

1 large onion

1 tablespoonful of thyme

Instructions

Mix flour, baking powder and dripping together, roll out on board, cut bacon into small pieces, and slice the onion; spread all over the pastry, and sprinkle the thyme over all; roll up in cloth; tie both ends of cloth securely. Boil for two hours. Serve hot. It is also nice fried up when cold.

Submitted by Mrs W. A. Sharpe, Tuart Street, South Bunbury

Mrs Sharpe could be Alice Gurney who married William Sharpe in 1908, but no conclusive documents have been found.