A year's cookery

Luncheon. — Baked Mackerel (April 15th). Macaroni and Mushrooms. — Boil a quarter of a pound of macaroni in' a pint and a half of water, with a little pepper and salt, for twenty minutes, or till a little piece can be crushed between the thumb and finger. Drain the macaroni, put it into a clean stewpan, pour a quarter of a pint of stock over it, with an ounce of butter and an ounce of grated cheese. Stir it over a gentle fire for five minutes ; turn on a hot dish. Have ready the mushrooms, put them on the macaroni, and serve. To prepare the mushrooms, wash and skin them, cut them into slices, and put them into a stewpan, with an ounce of butter and a little pepper and salt. Toss them over the fire for ten minutes ; take them up, and they are ready. Dinner. — Fresh Herrings, with Mustard Sauce (September 15th) ; Sour Mutton (March 29tli) ; Potatoes (April 12tli) ; Haricot Beans (June 20th) ; Cocoa-nut Pudding (August 8th) ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Soak the bath chap in cold water for three or four hours, then boil it according to the directions already given for pig’s cheek (February 1st). 2. Prepare the sago mould for luncheon to-morrow (October 8th). m August 28th 3 Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Sardines. Bath Chap. Hot Buttered Toast. Dry Toast. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Watercress. Biscuits and Milk. Cold Mutton. Salad. Sago, with Fruit Juioe. Giblet Soup. Pigeon Pie. French Beans. Potatoes. Wyvern Puddings. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day.— Materials for Salad ; four plump young Pigeons ; a pound and a half of lean Veal from the leg or the loin; French Beans; Potatoes; fresh German Yeast ; Carbonate of Soda and Cream of Tartar, for scones. Breakfast. — Sardines (January 12th) ; Bath Chaps (February 1st) ; Biscuits and Milk (June 14th). Luncheon. — Mutton, served yesterday; Salad (March 13th) ; Sago Mould (October 8th). Dinner. — Giblet Soup (February 1st) ; Pigeon Pie (May 15th). Rough Puff Paste (May 29th) will be excellent for this pie. Kidney Beans (August 16th) ; Potatoes (April 12th) ; Wyvern Puddings (May 9th) ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. The remnants of the cold mutton can be minced, and, with the trimmings of the pastry, made into a mutton tart (January 10th) for luncheon to-morrow. 2. If a little additional pastry were made, a plum pie (August 7th) could be made for dinner to-morrow. 3. Preserve any pigeon pie that may be left ; it can be used for breakfast to-morrow. 4. As pastry is on hand, and the oven will be hot, it may perhaps be wished to make a few scones or teacakes for breakfast. In hot weather, milk that has gone sour (as it is very likely to do) may be either put into pastry or made into scones. If there is no sour milk, a pint extra could be taken, and kept all night for the purpose. If kept in a warm place it would be almost sure to have turned by morning. Scones with Sour Milk (real Scotch recipe). — Mix thoroughly a pound and a half of flour, a pinch of salt, a heaped tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda, and the same of cream of tartar. Mix to a light paste with a pint of sour milk, knead the dough a little, roll it out till about a third of an inch thick, and cut it into three-cornered pieces, each side being about four inches long.