A year's cookery

Dinner. — Fried Plaice (April 21st); Dutch Sauce (May 14th); Ilotcli-potch (J uly 10th). Broivn Bread Pudding. — Collect the pieces of stale brown bread there may be in the house, break them up into very small pieces, and put as many as will weigh 6 ozs. in a basin. Pour upon them the third of a pint of boiling milk, place a plate on the basin, and let the bread soak till soft. Squeeze the pudding dry, beat it well with a fork, and take out any hard pieces there may be in it ; then add two ounces of good brown sugar, the grated rind of a large fresh lemon, and twenty drops of Vanilla essence. Mix thoroughly, and add two well-beaten eggs. Put the mixture into a pint mould that has been well buttered, place a piece of greased paper on the top, and steam it for an hour and a quarter. Turn it on a hot dish, and serve. For a superior pudding, the yolks of four eggs and the whites of two may be used, and a little cream may be put with the milk. When two eggs only are used, the pudding must be squeezed dry before the eggs are added, or it will not turn out. This pudding will be much improved if a little whip sauce is poured round it. Whip Sauce. — Put the yolks of two eggs into a gallipot, with a dessert-spoonful of sifted sugar, a glass of common white wine (orange wine will do for the purpose), the grated rind of a lemon, and a very small piece of cinnamon. Set the gallipot in a small stewpan which has in it hot water to the depth of two inches, put it on the fire, and whisk the sauce till it comes to a thick froth, then pour it round the pudding. If preferred, fruit syrup and a little milk may be used instead of wine. This sauce must not be allowed to boil. Cheese (June 8th). % Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn and mb the tongue in the brine and the mutton in the pickle. 2. Pickle the mackerel for breakfast to-morrow (August 28th). July 21st. Breakfast. Pickled Mackerel. Tomatoes and Bacon. Hot Buttered Toast. Dry Toast. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Milk Toast. Marketing. For the Day.— A pair of thick Soles, filleted (January 3rd) ; a slice of lean Veal from the Fillet, weighing from two and a half to three pounds ; a pound and a half of Red Currants and a pottle of Raspberries for the pudding. For To-morrow.— A small tin of Corned Beef; Muffins (January 29 th) ; half a pound of Naples Macaroni (January 1st). Breakfast. — Pickled Mackerel (August 28th) ; Tomatoes and Bacon (July 12tli) ; Milk Toast (June 17th). Luncheon. — blotch Potch served yesterday ; Devilled Eggs (February 27th).