A year's cookery

For the Day.— Five or six large ripe Tomatoes ; a pound and a half of Buttock Steak; three or four pounds of Halibut (Marketing, June 23rd); a fresh 2G6 cucumber ; a Lettuce ; a half-pennyworth of Beet-root; a half-pennyworth of young Onions ; Potatoes. For To-morrow.— -Four plump young Kidneys; half a pound of Bacon in rashers ; Mustard and Cress. Breakfast. — Buttered Shrimps. — Melt an ounce of butter in a saucepan, and mix an ounce of flour smoothly with it. Add gradually half a pint of stock, and stir the sauce till it thickens. Put in the shrimps, and let them simmer for a minute or two, but not boil. Toast a round of bread, and butter it well, pour the preparation upon it, and serve very hot. If liked, milk or cream can be used instead of stock. Luncheon. — Stuffed Tomatoes. — Make a savoury forcemeat by mixing together a slice of the corned beef, finely minced, and an ounce of lean ham, half a shallot chopped small, a table-spoonful of chopped parsley, two table-spoonfuls of bread-crumbs, two or three mushrooms, if they are to be had, and a little butter. Bind the forcemeat together with the yolk of an egg. Take a slice from the stalk end of the tomatoes ; scoop out the seeds without breaking the fruit, and fill the vacant place with the mince. Shake brown bread-raspings (January 2nd) on the top, put the tomatoes, side by side, in a greased baking-tin, invert a dish over them to cover them, and bake in a brisk oven for about a quarter of an hour till they are cooked. If liked, a little brown gravy may be served round the tomatoes, but they are very good without. Toad-in-the-Hole (January 15th). Use the buttock steak for this dish. Dinner.— Halibut Cutlets (June 23rd) ; Mutton served yesterday. If hot meat is preferred, see Index. In hot weather cold meat and salad often proves very acceptable. Salad (March 13th) ; Cucumber (May 19th) ; New Potatoes (April 12th) ; Newmarket Pudding (June 2nd) ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Turn the tongue in the brine. 2. Make a Semolina Mould for luncheon to-morrow. Mix two table-spoonfuls of semolina with cold milk, and add more milk to make the quantity up to one pint. Put the mixture into a saucepan, stir it without ceasing for ten minutes, and then draw it back and let it simmer for an hour, stirring it occasionally. Sweeten it to taste, and turn it into a damp mould. To-morrow it can be turned out, and will be very good eaten with jam or sugar and cream. 3. When preparing the watercress for breakfast, put aside a sprig or two for the salad. 2(>7 July 24th. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Fried Kidneys and Bacon. Mustard and Cress. Hot Buttered Toast. Dry Toast. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Coru-flour Milk. Mutton, Minced. Semolina Mould, with Rhubarb Jana, Boiled Brill. Neapolitan Sauce. Fricassee of Chicken. Bacon Rolls. Cauliflower. Potatoes. Chocolate Pudding. Cheese. Marketing. For the Bay.— A moderate-sized Brill (January 9th) ; quarter of a pint of picked Shrimps, for sauce ; one or two plump Chickens ; quarter of a pound of Streaky Bacon ; Cauliflower ; Potatoes ; half a pound of best French Chocolate. For To-morrow.— Muffins (January 29th) ; half a pound of Red Currants for juice. The Ham is supposed to be in the house.