The bachelor and the chafing dish

Stir in the chafing-dish enough olive-oil to flood it, a spoonful of mustard, half a spoonful of paprika, a little salt, and the same of black pepper- Fry until the meat is well browned. Rare roast beef cut in slices is excellent served this way, and further zest may be obtained by adding a few whole olives. The dish should be watched and covered between times. The English admiral Ross left to the cooking world a successful recipe for “ Indian Devil Mixture,” This is it ; 8o The Bachelor and the Chafing-dish. Four tablespoons of cold gravy, one of chutney paste, one of ketchup, one of vinegar, two teaspoons of . made mustard, two of salt, and two of butter. Mix these ingredients first smoothly in a soup-plate. Deviled Duck. — A dish that is generally liked is deviled duck. To prepare it remove the skin and bones of cold roast duck and cut the meat into moderate-sized pieces. Boil the livers and mash to a paste, and put in a saucepan with one tablespoonful of dry mustard, one teaspoonful of salt, a dash of Cayenne pepper, and two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. Mix thoroughly and gradually; add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and the same amount of water. In this put one and one-half pints of the cold duck and one gill of Madeira. Place the saucepan over the fire and stir until the mixture is smoking hot. Turn on a hot dish. Deviled Kidneys. — Twelve sheeps’ kidneys split in half ; remove the white tubes and the centre fat portion ; scald the kidneys and remove the skin. Put two ounces of butter in a saucepan ; when hot throw in the kidneys ; cook quickly ; dust with salt and pepper ; put over a tablespoonful of onion juice, tablespoonful Worcestershire sauce. The Devil Dish. and four tablespoonfuls sherry. Serve smoking hot. Deviled Lobster. — Make a paste with salt, dry mustard, curry powder, black pepper, and table oil ; spread it over the lobster, melt an ounce of butter in the dish, lay in the lobster, cook ten minutes if fresh, and simply heat through if canned. Devil — “ Like my Mother used to Make.” — Cold rare roast beef sliced, well buttered as you would bread ; cover with mixed mustard, a little black pepper and salt, a spoonful of vinegar, and fry until it curls. Deviled Eggs and Anchovy Toast. — Put a walnut of butter in the chafing-dish, half a teaspoonful of dry mustard, two tablespoonfuls of tomato sauce, one of Worcester and one of mushroom sauce. Put into this four hard-boiled eggs sliced, salted and peppered. When heated place the eggs on toast, previously spread with anchovy paste. THE-AOToCRAT* f|-eHAFIH0-D5H “ What will this sister of mine do with rice ? But my father hath made her mistress of the feast and she lays it on ! ” — Winter’s Tale. Curried Rice. — One of the simplest and most palatable of dishes is curried rice. Wash half a pound of rice in two waters and pick it very clean. Put it into two quarts of boiling water, in which two teaspoonfuls of salt have been thrown ; stew slowly, uncovered, keeping down the boiling by adding a cup of cold water once or twice, for fifteen minutes, taking care the grains do not break. Turn it out and drain it on a napkin till dry, The Autocrat and the Chafing-dish . 83