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Also need 1 book of Viking drinking songs.
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Sift the flour and salt into a bowl.
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Make a well in the centre, tip in the egg and a little of the milk.
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Beat well, and then gradually mix in the flour, adding more of the milk until batter is smooth (the consistency of thick cream).
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Sing Viking drinking song while allowing the mixture to stand for approximately 30 minutes.
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Place a teaspoon of beef dripping in small tin (s) or your brother's best battle helmet.
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Heat the tin (s)/helmet (s) in the oven at 220 Celsius/ 325 Fahrenheit for 5 minutes until the fat is smoking.
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Sing a 5-minute Viking drinking song while it is heating.
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Remove the tin (s)/helmet (s) from the oven and pour in the batter and put back into the oven.
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Bake until well-risen, puffy and golden brown (small ones take 10 to 15 minutes, large ones 40 to 45 minutes if cooked in one tin).
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In the meantime, sing lots more drinking songs and go pillage the nearest village, but make sure you get back in time to check how the cooking is going.
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Serve 1 or 2 puddings along with meat and vegetables and lashings of gravy.
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Sleep after a hard day's activity and dream of Valhalla and immortality in the hall of the Scandinavian gods.
