Blueberry or Apple Slump

Blueberry Slump
[Mrs. M. S. Newcomb]

2 cups blueberries, washed
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup flour, sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk (about)

Stew blueberries, sugar and water. Mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt; add milk, stirring quickly to make a dumpling dough that will drop from the end of a spoon. Drop into the boiling sauce. Cook 10 minutes with the cover off and 10 minutes with cover on. Serve with plain or whipped cream. Serves 4. On Cape Cod they call this Blueberry Grunt. A steamed berry pudding is also known as a Grunt.

Apple Slump is made in the same way, substituting apples for blueberries. Stew 6 well-flavored apples with 1/4 cup molasses, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water and proceed as above.

From the New England Yankee Cook Book, 1939