A second Dudley book of cookery and other recipes

Where all was harmony , and calm , and quiet Luxuriant : budding : cheerful without mirth , Which , if not happiness , is much more nigh it Than are your mighty passions. byron % Comfort , like the Golden Sun , Dispels the sullen shade with her sweet influence And cheers the melancholy house of care. ROwe r# Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence , the sister of temperance and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor , and poverty will enforce dependence and invite corruption. % The sweetest honey Is loathsome in its own deliciousness , And in taste confounds the appetite. % Man , through all ages of revolving time , Unchanging man , in every varying clime , Deems his own land of every land the pride. Belov' d of heaven o'er all the world beside : His home , the spot of earth supremely blest. A dearer , sweeter spot than all the rest. J. MONTGOMERY Resolve — and tell your wije of your good resolution. She will aid it all she can. Her step will be lighter and her hand will be busier all day , expecting the comfortable evening at home when you return. Household affairs will have been well attended to. A place for everything, , and everything in its place, will, like some good genius, have made even an humble home the scene of neatness, arrangement and taste. The table will be ready at the fireside. The loaf will be one of that order which says, by its appearance, 44 You may cut and come again!” The cups and saucers will be waiting for supplies. The kettle will be singing ; and the children, happy with fresh air and exercise, will be smiling in their glad anticipation of that evening meal when father is at home, and of the pleasant reading afterwards. helps Who hath not met with home-made bread, A heavy compound of putty and lead. And home-made wines that rack the head, And home-made liqueurs and waters. Home-made pop that will not foam. And home-made dishes that drive one from home, Not to name each mess For the face or dress, Home-made by the homely daughters ? HOOD, 44 MISS KILMANSEGG ” % She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness, old testament TOASTS Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen ; Here's to the widow of fifty ; Here's to the flaunting extravagant quean , And here's to the housewife that's thrifty ! Let the toast pass ; Drink to the lass ; I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass . SHERIDAN, “ SCHOOL FOR~SCANDAL,” III, iii J-S 7 7 42 HOUSEKEEPER, ETC., AND HOW TO ROAST SPANISH CHESTNUTS Make the chestnuts and cut off a small piece of the pointed top of the shell, making a small score with a knife the form of a cross. Place the chestnuts in their shells into a little milk and let them boil for about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, according to their size, so as to allow the milk to soak in through the tip of the chestnut ; then remove and dry them carefully. Place them on a tin in the oven to roast for about ten minutes, until the shells are crisp and the insides are soft and mealy. They should be served in a napkin and very hot. TO SERVE A MELON IN HOT WEATHER Either lay it on crushed ice, or, after it has been cut, place a large piece of ice in the inside. The seeds of the melon can be removed,