A year's cookery

If, notwithstanding all precautions, the sauce should curdle, the addition of a raw egg-yolk or of a small lump of ice, or something that is cold , will remedy the mischief. Mayonnaise sauce is so delicious and so universally popular that it is worth making, even though it is a little troublesome. The reason why so many cooks fail in making it is that they cannot believe that it is necessary to attend to the small details mentioned above. This sauce is especially suited for chicken, game, and fish salads of all kinds, and for serving with cold fish. Another very superior sauce, Tartar Sauce, is made just in the same way, only it is indispensable that tarragon vinegar should be used for it, and one or two spoonfuls of chopped pickle of some kind (gherkins to be preferred) must be stirred in after it is made ; a spoonful of chopped chervil and tarragon should also be added after the sauce is made, but if they are not to be had, chopped parsley may be used instead. 5. Make custard blancmange for dinner tomorrow (August 4th). August 31st. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Bloaters on Toast. Collared Slieep’s Tongues. Vienna Bread. Dry Toast. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Marmalade. Bread and Milk. Pickled Salmon. Baked Custard Tart. Gravy Soup. Roast Shoulder of Mutton Mint Sauce. Potatoes. Vegetable Marrow. Custard Blancmange. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day.— A Shoulder of Mutton (not very fat); Potatoes; Vegetable Marrow; Mint. For To-morrow.— A tin of potted Grouse ; a quart of any kind of red Plums for Porridge, and Fruit for the Rothe Griitze. Breakfast.— Bloaters on Toast (March 24th) ; Collared Sheep’s Tongues, bought day before yesterday ; Vienna Bread (August 26th) ; Bread and Milk (January 25th). Luncheon. — Pickled Salmon (May 30th) : Custard Tart (January 19th). Dinner. — Gravy Soup. — Follow the recipe given for guinea fowl soup (February 16th), using the chicken bones or meat bones instead of the bones and trimmings of game. Boast Shoulder of Mutton (December 16th) ; Mint Sauce (March 25th) ; Potatoes (April 12th); Vegetable Marrow (September 3rd) ; Custard Blancmange (August 4th) ; Cheese (June 8th). Tilings that must not be Forgotten. 1. Make a Bothe Griitze mould for to-morrow (December 10th). 2. Partially prepare the Plum Porridge for breakfast to-morrow. For this, put the plums into a stewpan, with half a pint of water, two ounces of sugar, and a small piece of cinnamon. Boil gently to a pulp, then rub the whole through a colander into a basin. So far the porridge can be prepared over night. In the morning mix about a pint of cold milk with the pulp, add a little more sugar if the porridge is not sweet enough, and serve with bread as an accompaniment. All kinds of fresh summer fruit can be served in this way for breakfast, and will be generally approved by the young folks. FRUITS SUITABLE FOR DESSERT IN AUGUST. Gooseberries, Currants (Bed, White, and Black), Cherries, Strawberries, Raspberries, French Melons, Apricots (from France), Greengages, Jersey and Lisbon Grapes, English Hothouse Grapes, Nectarines, Mulberries, Peaches, Plums, West India Pine-apples Pears, last year’s Nuts, PICKLES.