A year's cookery

Red, Black, or White Currant Jelly. — Take dry, clean fruit. Put it into a jar, cover it closely, set it in a saucepan three-parts filled with cold water, and let it simmer till the juice flows freely. Pour the fruit into a jelly-bag to drain away the juice, but do not squeeze the fruit. Measure it, and put it into a preserving-pan, with a pound of sugar (in lumps) to a pint of juice, and boil till a little put upon a plate will set. Carefully skim.it during the boiling. Put it into small jars for keeping. If this jelly is thought too sweet, a smaller proportion of sugar can be used. The jam will then need to boil a little longer. Blackberry or Raspberry Jelly can be made in this way. If the fruit is not squeezed, it can be boiled for every-day use with half the weight of sugar. It must, however, be used right away ; it will not keep. July 1st. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Bath Chap. German Sausage. Muffins. Dry Toast. Mustard and Cress. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Corn-flour Milk. Baked Mackerel. Spiced Pie, made of rem¬ nants of Beef. Giblet Soup. Stewed Os-tails. Potatoes. Greens. Stone Cream. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day.— Two fresh Mackerel (April 4th) ; Potatoes ; Greens ; a square piece of Brisket of Beef, weighing about eight pounds : a sugar-cured Ham, weighing about twelve pounds. For To-morrow.— Watercress. Breakfast. — Bath Chap (August 25th) ; German Sausage (June 6th); Muffins (January 30th) ; Corn-flour Milk (June 19tli). Luncheon. — Baked Mackerel (April 15th); Spiced Pie (May 7th). Dinner — Giblet Soup (February 1st) ; Stewed Ox-tails (May 8th); Potatoes (April 12th); Cabbage Greens (June 4th). Stone Cream. — Make a pint of blancmange with gelatine (December 11th), or corn¬ flour (June 15th). Put two stale sjjonge biscuits sliced at the bottom of a glass dish, and lay a little good jam upon them. Grate the rind of a lemon upon them, and squeeze on them the strained juice. Cover the dish with the blancmange while it is still in a liquid condition, and let it stand in a cool place till stiff. Ornament it with knobs of the same jani that is spread on the cakes, or, if preferred, garnish it with blanched almonds. The substitution of cream for milk in the blancmange will make this into a very superior dish. Cheese (June 8th). Tilings that must not be Forgotten. 1. Soak a cupful of hominy in water (Note 3, February 10th). 2. Be careful not to pour the cabbage water down any of the drains belonging to the house, but get rid of it by pouring it on the ground outside. July 2nd. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Bath Chap. Scalloped Eggs. Hot Buttered Toast, Dry Toast. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Marmalade. Boiled Hominy. Scotch Collops. Yorkshire Pudding, Baeed in tins. Tomato Purde. Breast of Lamb, Stewed with Mushrooms. , Green Peas. ‘ * New Potatoes. Brown Bread Pudding. Cheese. Marketing. For tlie Day. — A pound and a half of Buttock Steak (January 1st) ; live Tomatoes ; fresh tomatoes may probably now be procured, and they e or six will, of 24o course, be much better than the tinned fruit. A Breast of Lamb ; half a pint, or a tin of Mushrooms ; Green Peas; New Potatoes ; two or three rashers of Fat Bacon, if not in the house. For To=morrow.- A tin of Collared Tongue ; Watercress.