A year's cookery

For the Day.— Half an Ox Kidney, ordered yesterday; Beans; a dozen fresh Herrings with soft roes (August 25th) ; Parsley. For To-morrow.— Muffins ; Watercress. Breakfast. — Bloaters on Toast (March 24th) ; Collared Tongue {see Marketing, January 2nd) ; Hot Rolls (September 4th) ; Biscuits and Milk (June 14th). Luncheon. — Minced Mutton (January 20th). Neat slices can be cut from the cold boiled leg of mutton and curried for dinner. The unsightly broken pieces that remain can be minced for luncheon. The bone should of course be broken up and stewed for stock (February 13th). Slices of Gingerbread Pudding, Toasted (see Remains of Pudding, Toasted, March 6th). Dinner. — Kidney Soup (February 27th) ; Curried Mutton (May 26th) ; Boiled Rice (July 21st) ; Kidney Beans (August 16th) ; Apple Mould (September 15th) ; Custard (August 10th) ; Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. 1. Pickle the fresh herrings as soon as possible after they come in (August 20th). 2. Partially prepare the rice and barley porridge for breakfast (Note 6, June 15tli). 3. Put a cupful of haricot beans to soak all night in cold water. 4. Stew the bones of the leg of mutton in the liquor in which it was boiled ; the stock can be used for the soup to-morrow. September 17th. Breakfast. Pickled Herrings. Collared Tongue. Muffins. Dry Toast. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Watercress. Rice and Barley Porridge. Luncheon. Beef Stew, Economical. Boiled Rice. Dinner. Soup for the Shah. Roast Sirloin of Beef. Haricot Beans. Potatoes. Devonshire Junket. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day.— Two pounds of lean Steak (see Marketing, January 1st) ; three or four Mushrooms ; a large Vegetable Marrow ; a Sirloin of Beef, weighing about eight pounds : choose meat with a good undercut (January 10th) ; Potatoes; a small bottle of prepared Rennet: this can be bought of any chemist. For To-morrow. — A Canadian Ham, sugar cured. These hams, which can be bought at a very cheap rate (fid. per pound), are excellent for every day uss, though of course they are not so delicious as those cured at home. A plump young Fowl, or two Fowls if required; order Rolls for breakfast (September 4tli). Breakfast. — Pickled Herrings (August 20th) ; Collared Tongue (January 2nd); Muffins (January 30th); Rice and Barley Porridge (June 15th). Luncheon.— Beef Stew, Economical (March 21st) ; Boiled Rice (February 3rd). Dinner. — Soup, for the Shah. — Pare, core, and quarter the vege¬ table marrow, put it into a stewpan with as much stock as will cover it, and add an onion sliced, a small piece of butter, and a little pepper and salt. Let it simmer gently till quite soft, then rub it through a sieve, and mix with the puree a pint of stock, or a little more if it is very thick : this will depend on the size of the marrow ; throw a lump of sugar into it, and make it very hot. Have ready a pint of boiling milk, and add this to the soup at the last moment. If it is liked, in order to enrich the soup, the yolk of an egg may be put into the tureen and slightly beaten, a spoonful of soup may then be stirred in quickly, and the rest added gradually. Soup for the Shah derives its name from the fact that the vegetable marrow is believed to have been brought originally from Persia.