This dish will look very pretty garnished with a Macedoine or mixture of turned cooked vegetables. This is rather troublesome to prepare at home, but may be bought in a tin ready prepared and needing only to be made hot. Ground Bice Shape made yesterday ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn and rub the beef in the brine. 2. If any brill is left, lift it from the bone ; it can be used to make fish cakes (January 13th) for luncheon to-morrow. 3. Pastry may be made to-day (April 17th) : Cherry pie, goose¬ berry pie (August 7tli), jam turnovers (September 25th), soda cake (August 14th), scones (August 26th). If any sour milk is in the house it may be used to make scones. July 4th, Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Fried Ham. Fish Cakes. Kidney Soup. Fried Eggs. Veal Rissoles. Mutton Chops, with Pi- Scones. quante Sauce. Dry Toast. Broccoli. Potatoes. Honey. Rothe Griitze. Brown and 'White Bread Cheese. and Butter. Milk Porridge. Marketing. For tlie Day.— Half an Ox .Kidney ordered yesterday ; Mutton Chops (Market¬ ing, April 30th) ; a pound of Red Currants, and half a pound of Raspberries ; A YEARS COOKERY. 245 Broccoli, Potatoes. Old potatoes will be required for the fish cakes ; a penny¬ worth of Parsley. Ham bought July 1st. For To-morrow.— About four pounds of the middle cut of a Salmon. Salmon when good has the gills and flesh red, the body stiff, the scales bright, the eyes prominent, and the belly firm and thick. The redness of the gills is not alone to be relied upon as a sign of the goodness of the fish, as this appearance is frequently given artificially. A couple of Ducks. Young ducks have the breast plump and firm and the skin clear and fresh-looking. If the breast is lean and flabby it may be suspected that the bird is old. Green Peas, new Potatoes. Materials for a salad : two lettuces, a half -penny¬ worth of beetroot, a half-pennyworth of small Salad, two pennyworth of Watercress, half for breakfast ; one pound of fresh Strawberries ; a quarter of a pound of Bacon in rashers ; Sea Biscuits if not in the house ; and a tin of Potted Grouse (January 7th) ; Dried Haddock for July 6th. Breakfast. — Fried Ham (March 5th) ; Fried Eggs (March 5tli) ; Scones (May 23rd) ; Milk Porridge (June 13th). Luncheon. — Fish Cakes (January 13th). Veal Rissoles. — Mince very finely all that remains of the cold veal, and mix with the mince one-fourth of its bulk in cooked bacon or ham, and also in bread-crumbs that have been rubbed through a colander. Add three or four drops of essence of anchovy, a little pepper and salt, and a table-spoonful of finely-chopped parsley. Moisten the mixture, and bind it together with beaten egg and a little of the gravy that the veal was stewed in✪ Veal Rissoles. Make up the preparation into balls the size of walnuts, flour these lightly, and fry them to a light brown colour. Serve them with a little of the veal gravy if there be any left. Dinner. — Kidney Soup (February 27th) ; Mutton Chops, with Piquante Sauce (April 30th) ; Cauliflower (April 25th) ; Potatoes (April 12th) ; Rothe Griitze (December 10th) ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn and rub the beef in the brine. 2. Make a strawberry gateau for supper to-morrow night {see Cherry Gateau, July 11th).

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This dish will look very pretty garnished with a Macedoine or mixture of turned cooked vegetables. This is rather troublesome to prepare at home, but may be bought in a tin ready prepared and needing only to be made hot. Ground Bice Shape made yesterday ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn and rub the beef in the brine. 2. If any brill is left, lift it from the bone ; it can be used to make fish cakes (January 13th) for luncheon to-morrow. 3. Pastry may be made to-day (April 17th) : Cherry pie, goose¬ berry pie (August 7tli), jam turnovers (September 25th), soda cake (August 14th), scones (August 26th). If any sour milk is in the house it may be used to make scones. July 4th, Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Fried Ham. Fish Cakes. Kidney Soup. Fried Eggs. Veal Rissoles. Mutton Chops, with Pi- Scones. quante Sauce. Dry Toast. Broccoli. Potatoes. Honey. Rothe Griitze. Brown and 'White Bread Cheese. and Butter. Milk Porridge. Marketing. For tlie Day.— Half an Ox .Kidney ordered yesterday ; Mutton Chops (Market¬ ing, April 30th) ; a pound of Red Currants, and half a pound of Raspberries ; A YEARS COOKERY. 245 Broccoli, Potatoes. Old potatoes will be required for the fish cakes ; a penny¬ worth of Parsley. Ham bought July 1st. For To-morrow.— About four pounds of the middle cut of a Salmon. Salmon when good has the gills and flesh red, the body stiff, the scales bright, the eyes prominent, and the belly firm and thick. The redness of the gills is not alone to be relied upon as a sign of the goodness of the fish, as this appearance is frequently given artificially. A couple of Ducks. Young ducks have the breast plump and firm and the skin clear and fresh-looking. If the breast is lean and flabby it may be suspected that the bird is old. Green Peas, new Potatoes. Materials for a salad : two lettuces, a half -penny¬ worth of beetroot, a half-pennyworth of small Salad, two pennyworth of Watercress, half for breakfast ; one pound of fresh Strawberries ; a quarter of a pound of Bacon in rashers ; Sea Biscuits if not in the house ; and a tin of Potted Grouse (January 7th) ; Dried Haddock for July 6th. Breakfast. — Fried Ham (March 5th) ; Fried Eggs (March 5tli) ; Scones (May 23rd) ; Milk Porridge (June 13th). Luncheon. — Fish Cakes (January 13th). Veal Rissoles. — Mince very finely all that remains of the cold veal, and mix with the mince one-fourth of its bulk in cooked bacon or ham, and also in bread-crumbs that have been rubbed through a colander. Add three or four drops of essence of anchovy, a little pepper and salt, and a table-spoonful of finely-chopped parsley. Moisten the mixture, and bind it together with beaten egg and a little of the gravy that the veal was stewed in. Make up the preparation into balls the size of walnuts, flour these lightly, and fry them to a light brown colour. Serve them with a little of the veal gravy if there be any left. Dinner. — Kidney Soup (February 27th) ; Mutton Chops, with Piquante Sauce (April 30th) ; Cauliflower (April 25th) ; Potatoes (April 12th) ; Rothe Griitze (December 10th) ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn and rub the beef in the brine. 2. Make a strawberry gateau for supper to-morrow night {see Cherry Gateau, July 11th).

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