The housewife's referee

and a tablespoonful of very finely grated cocoanut, also a squeeze of lemon juice ; then add the little balls, warm through, and serve very hot, with a separate dish of plain boiled rice. THE HOUSEWIFE'S REFEREE China Chilo. — Mince a pound of raw mutton with two ounces of salt pork. Put three ounces of butter into a saucepan with two small onions minced small, three young lettuces, salt, pepper, parsley, and a pint of green peas. Stir over a gentle fire for ten minutes, add the meat and enough stock to cover. Stir thoroughly, and then let all simmer very slowly for two hours. Serve with steamed rice. Colcannon. — Chop an equal quantity of boiled cabbage and potatoes, add two ounces of butter, pepper, and salt, and fry them together ; some onions or carrots may also be added, if liked. The cabbages should be boiled in two waters, and the water skimmed; cook for about one hour. Cucumber, Fried. — Peel some large cucumbers, slice and sprinkle with pepper and salt, dip them in beaten egg, sift over with breadcrumbs, and fry to a brown. Cucumber Fritters {Anna Cameron), — Peel and grate fullgrown tender cucumbers. Press all the juice from the pulp, and add to one quart of pulp half a teacupful of good cream, half a pint of flour, one gill of melted butter, salt and pepper to taste. Beat four eggs separately very light, and add to the batter, which should be very thick. Have ready a saucepan of boiling lard and drop in one large spoonful at a time, removing as soon as crisp or brown. Serve as for fried oysters. Cucumber Mayonnaise. — Put the beaten yolk of an egg in a bowl, with very little salt, pepper and cayenne, and a teaspoonful of lemon juice ; mix these to a cream and then add the best salad oil, a few drops at a tinle, and well stir till thick. Grate a freshly peeled cucumber till there is about three tablespoonfuls of it and beat this into the mayonnaise. Pry filleted sole, or brill in egg and breadcrumbs, and serve the mayonnaise with it. Cucumbers a la Poulette. — After they are boiled and drained, put them in a saucepan with a little cream, or white sauce, or milk ; simmer for five or ten minutes, and then take out the cucumbers. Thicken the sauce with yolks of eggs; season with pepper, salt, and lemon juice, and serve over the cucumbers. Concombres a la Sutton. — Boil a large cucumber till quite tender, drain and remove all the green rind, cut into little rounds about half an inch thick, take out the seeds and arrange neatly on a hot dish with a wall of mashed potatoes round ; fill each case with a highly seasoned mince ; put into the oven for a few minutes to get thoroughly hot, and pour round the dish a thick brown gravy seasoned with tarragon vinegar. Sprinkle a little very finely chopped parsley over each little round of mince, and serve.