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Choose a round ripe melon and with a sharppointed knife cut a round out of the skin at the stalk end about 2 inches in diameter. Reserve this round for filling up the hole later on. With a silver spoon carefully remove all the seeds from the inside of the melon. Choose very small strawberries, or, if large, cut them in pieces with a silver knife. There should be a sufficient quantity to fill the melon. Sprinkle them with sugar, moisten well with some liqueur, and let them stand at least | hour. Fill up the melon with the strawberries and replace the round of skin on the top. Now place the melon in a pail of broken ice and let it remain until icy cold. Serve on a folded serviette, cutting the number of slices required. 2095. Melon with Port Wine (Melon a Porto) Cut the top off a rock melon and scoop, out all the seeds from the inside. Place the melon on ice and pour into it 1 or 2 glasses of port wine. Allow it to remain on the ice for 2 or 3 hours, then pour out the liquid and fill the centre with whipped cream sweetened and flavoured with vanilla. Replace the top and serve as cold as possible. Note. — If preferred, the cream may be seasoned with salt and Paprika pepper. 2096. Stewed 1 lb. pippins. £ lb. sugar. The rind of 1 lemon. 1 inch cinnamon stick. Normandy Pippins 1 inch whole ginger. 1 pt. water. 1 glass port. Put the sugar, water, cinnamon, and ginger into a saucepan with the thinly- peeled rind of one lemon. Boil together for 10 minutes, then strain and cool. Pour this syrup over the pippins in a basin, cover with a plate, and soak for 12 hours. Then turn all into a lined saucepan, and stew slowly until the pippins are tender, from 1| to 2 hours. 'When ready, lift them out and place them on a glass dish. Add the port to the syrup in the saucepan, and strain it over the pippins. If the syrup is not a pretty colour, a few drops of carmine or coohineal may be added. Orange or lemon juice may be used instead of the wine. Normandy pippins are delicious when served with Devonshire cream, or a little whipped cream may be put on the top of each apple. 2097. Peaches a la Diable (Peches a la Diable) 6 half peaches (tinned). 8 macaroon biscuits. Sugar. 1 glass rum or kirsch. 2 table-sps. jam or marmalade. Drain the peaches from the syrup in which they are preserved, and place them on a greased fireproof dish. Sprinkle them lightly with sugar, and cook them in a moderate oven until they are thoroughly tender. Take six of the macaroons and spread them on the rounded side with some thick jam or fruit marmalade. Rub the remaining two macaroons through a wire sieve to make crumbs. When the peaches are ready, arrange them in a circle on a fireproof dish and alternately with the macaroons. Sprinkle them with sugar and the macaroon crumbs, and place the dish in the oven to brown. When about to serve, pour over a glass of hot kirsch or rum, set fire to it, and serve at once. 2098. Compote of Pears (Compote de Poires) 1£ lbs. pears. i 2 table-sps. port vine. \ lb. loaf sugar. J pt. cold water. A few drops of carmine. Juice of \ lemon. 1 inch cinnamon stick. | 2 or 3 cloves.