It’s a long time ago and I was only young, mid to late 1940s, but I think my mum made this.
If I remember right it was wrapped in a tea towel or cloth and boiled in a pot filled with water.
Can anyone else remember this or have I got this completely wrong.

- Children eating a penny's worth of Plum Duff (a rich, spiced suet pudding made with raisins or currants) from soup kitchens in Bermondsey, South London, c1917.