i DiNIsEE' Julienne (February 15th). — To make Clear Soup. take two or three pints of good stock (July 30th), well skimmed and free from fat. Half a pound of lean beef will clarify one quart I ot stock. Cut the beef into very small pieces, and discard every particle ot tat and sinew. Have ready a carrot cleaned and scraped to pulp,, a turnip cut into dice, and the white part of a leek cut into > small pieces. Put the stock (cold) into a stewpan, stir in the meat and vegetables, and keep stirring till the contents of the stewpan are on the point of boiling. As soon as this point is reached draw the saucepan back, skim the stock carefully, and let it simmer by the side ot the hre for twenty minutes. Strain it carefully through a liapkm pouring it m with a cup a little at a time. When it has gone through once pass it through a second time, and be careful not to disturb the sediment in the napkin, as this will act as a filter, and uelp to make the soup clear. In clearing soups and jellies it is not necessary that a jelly-bag should be used. A perfectly clean cloth wrung out of boiling water, and fastened over the legs of a chair or stool turned upside down, will answer excellently for the purpose. t pee figure.) If it is not thought desirable to use raw beef for clari- ymg the soup, white of egg may be used instead ; but by the latter A YEAR'S COOKERY. method the soup will be impoverished, by the former it will be enriched. Clear soup forms the basis of many varieties o± soup. Vegetables, neatly turned, fried in butter, and thrown into it, make it Julienne Soup the same vegetables boiled in it, without iiying, make it Soup a la Jardiniere. rl lie addition to it of eaily spimg Substitute foe a Jelly Bag. vegetables makes Spring Soup, or Soup Prin tamer, and also Soup a la Macedoine. The introduction of homely vegetables, such as onions and cabbage, alter it into the Peasants’ Soup — Soup a la Paysanne. Brussels sprouts thrown into it make it into Flemish Soup, ; while two or three poached eggs laid gently in make it into Colbert’s Soup. If crusts of bread are put in it becomes Croute au Pot ; if macaroni, it is Macaroni Soup ; if vermicelli is added, it is Vermicelli Soup. The process of making this soup, however, involves a good deal of trouble, and this is a consideration in households where the number of servants is limited. Roast Leg of Mutton (March 4tli or March A YEAR'S COOKERY. 145 8th) ; Yorkshire Pudding (November 26th) ; Potato Croquettes 'November 4th) ; Turnip-tops ( see Cabbage, June 4th); Com Flour felanc-mange (June 15th) ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Put the salt fish to soak in cold water all night. 2. Make the pigeon pie (May 15th) and also the rice mould for dinner to-morrow (October 7th). To-morrow is supposed to be Good Friday, therefore the pastry would be better made to-day : an apple pie (August 7th), and a currant cake (June 6th), besides the pigeon pie. ✪ Hot Cross Buns

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Dinner. Julienne (February 15th). — To make Clear Soup. take two or three pints of good stock (July 30th), well skimmed and free from fat. Half a pound of lean beef will clarify one quart I ot stock. Cut the beef into very small pieces, and discard every particle ot tat and sinew. Have ready a carrot cleaned and scraped to pulp,, a turnip cut into dice, and the white part of a leek cut into > small pieces. Put the stock (cold) into a stewpan, stir in the meat and vegetables, and keep stirring till the contents of the stewpan are on the point of boiling. As soon as this point is reached draw the saucepan back, skim the stock carefully, and let it simmer by the side ot the hre for twenty minutes. Strain it carefully through a napkin, pouring it in with a cup a little at a time. When it has gone through once pass it through a second time, and be careful not to disturb the sediment in the napkin, as this will act as a filter, and help to make the soup clear. In clearing soups and jellies it is not necessary that a jelly-bag should be used. A perfectly clean cloth wrung out of boiling water, and fastened over the legs of a chair or stool turned upside down, will answer excellently for the purpose. t pee figure.) If it is not thought desirable to use raw beef for clariymg the soup, white of egg may be used instead ; but by the latter method the soup will be impoverished, by the former it will be enriched. Clear soup forms the basis of many varieties o± soup. Vegetables, neatly turned, fried in butter, and thrown into it, make it Julienne Soup; the same vegetables boiled in it, without frying, make it Soup a la Jardiniere. The addition to it of early spring vegetables makes Spring Soup, or Soup Printanier, and also Soup a la Macedoine. The introduction of homely vegetables, such as onions and cabbage, alter it into the Peasants’ Soup — Soup a la Paysanne. Brussels sprouts thrown into it make it into Flemish Soup; while two or three poached eggs laid gently in make it into Colbert’s Soup. If crusts of bread are put in it becomes Croute au Pot ; if macaroni, it is Macaroni Soup ; if vermicelli is added, it is Vermicelli Soup. The process of making this soup, however, involves a good deal of trouble, and this is a consideration in households where the number of servants is limited. Roast Leg of Mutton (March 4th or March 8th) ; Yorkshire Pudding (November 26th) ; Potato Croquettes (November 4th) ; Turnip-tops ( see Cabbage, June 4th); Corn Flour Blancmange (June 15th) ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Put the salt fish to soak in cold water all night. 2. Make the pigeon pie (May 15th) and also the rice mould for dinner to-morrow (October 7th). To-morrow is supposed to be Good Friday, therefore the pastry would be better made to-day : an apple pie (August 7th), and a currant cake (June 6th), besides the pigeon pie.

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