When a whole pig’s head is taken the butcher may be asked to cut out the cheeks, and these can be cured and boiled separately. {See January 7th and 8th.) 2. The brine must be thrown away after a pig’s head has been pickled in it. 3. Make a rhubarb mould for to-morrow (June 3rd). 4. Put a tea- cupful of split peas to soak all night in cold water. March 3rd. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Ox Eyes. Poor Man’s Goose. Brawn, with. Brawn Sauce. Lemon Cheesecakes. Buttered Toast. Dry Toast. 1 Brown and White Bread and Butter. Milk Toast. Scotch Broth. Boiled Beef. Potatoes. Rhubarb Mould. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day. — About one pound and a half of the Fry of a small Pig (February 7th) ; Potatoes and Vegetables for Scotch Broth {see recipe). For To-morrow. —Whiting {see Marketing, January 17th) ; a well-hung Leg of Mutton (January 8th). Breakfast. — Ox Eyes (June 5th) ; Brawn (March 2nd) ; Brawn r Sauce (January 15tli) ; Milk Toast (June 17th). Luncheon.— Poor Man’s Goose (February 7th) ; Lemon Cheese- i cakes (August 18th). Dinner.— Scotch Broth and Boiled Beef. — Take a tea-cupful of pearl barley, wash it well, and (supposing there are four pounds of beef) put it into a saucepan with four quarts of cold water. Whilst it is heating prepare the vegetables — that is, a moderate-sized cabbage, three leeks, a large turnip, and a large carrot. Cut the cabbage into fine shreds and the turnip into dice. Trim away the 100 A YEAR’S COOKERY. green part and the outside leaves of the leeks, and cut the white jiart into small pieces. Throw the vegetables (excepting only the carrot) into cold water till they are wanted, and before using drain them. Scrape the carrot to pulp✪ Scotch Broth. When the water boils, put in the beef, and throw in all the vegetables. Boil for three minutes, then draw the stewpan back, and simmer all gently till the meat is tender. It will take about four hours altogether. When the meat is done enough — • which it will be in about two hours — take it up and put it away, then put it back in time to get hot again before it is wanted. Serve the broth in a tureen, like soup, and serve the meat on a separate dish. If liked, mutton or lamb can be used instead of beef. Scotch broth, made hot, is as good the second day as it is the first. Potatoes (April 7th) ; Rhubarb Mould (June 3rd); Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. Be particularly careful in making the Scotch broth to skim it frequently. Also remember to cover the Pig’s Fry with paper before baking it. March 4tha Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Fried Whiting. Scotch Broth. Brawn, with Brawn Sauce. Beef. Buttered Toast. Dry Toast. Honey. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Corn-flour Milk. Stewed Eels. Boast Leg of Mutton. Yorkshire Pudding. Baked Potatoes. Turnip Tops. Leche Creme. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day.— Two pounds of Silver Eels (see Marketing, January 21th) ; half a pound of Ratafias ; a pennyworth of Parsley ; Potatoes, Turnip-tops. For To-morrow. — If Ham is not already in the house, a slice from the middle of a lately-cured Ham. Breakfast. — Fried Whiting (January 17th) ; Brawn (March 2nd) ; Brawn Sauce (January 1 5tli) ; Corn-flour Milk (June 19tli).

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When a whole pig’s head is taken the butcher may be asked to cut out the cheeks, and these can be cured and boiled separately. {See January 7th and 8th.) 2. The brine must be thrown away after a pig’s head has been pickled in it. 3. Make a rhubarb mould for to-morrow (June 3rd). 4. Put a tea- cupful of split peas to soak all night in cold water. March 3rd. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Ox Eyes. Poor Man’s Goose. Brawn, with. Brawn Sauce. Lemon Cheesecakes. Buttered Toast. Dry Toast. 1 Brown and White Bread and Butter. Milk Toast. Scotch Broth. Boiled Beef. Potatoes. Rhubarb Mould. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day. — About one pound and a half of the Fry of a small Pig (February 7th) ; Potatoes and Vegetables for Scotch Broth {see recipe). For To-morrow. —Whiting {see Marketing, January 17th) ; a well-hung Leg of Mutton (January 8th). Breakfast. — Ox Eyes (June 5th) ; Brawn (March 2nd) ; Brawn r Sauce (January 15tli) ; Milk Toast (June 17th). Luncheon.— Poor Man’s Goose (February 7th) ; Lemon Cheesei cakes (August 18th). Dinner.— Scotch Broth and Boiled Beef. — Take a tea-cupful of pearl barley, wash it well, and (supposing there are four pounds of beef) put it into a saucepan with four quarts of cold water. Whilst it is heating prepare the vegetables — that is, a moderate-sized cabbage, three leeks, a large turnip, and a large carrot. Cut the cabbage into fine shreds and the turnip into dice. Trim away the green part and the outside leaves of the leeks, and cut the white jiart into small pieces. Throw the vegetables (excepting only the carrot) into cold water till they are wanted, and before using drain them. Scrape the carrot to pulp. When the water boils, put in the beef, and throw in all the vegetables. Boil for three minutes, then draw the stewpan back, and simmer all gently till the meat is tender. It will take about four hours altogether. When the meat is done enough — • which it will be in about two hours — take it up and put it away, then put it back in time to get hot again before it is wanted. Serve the broth in a tureen, like soup, and serve the meat on a separate dish. If liked, mutton or lamb can be used instead of beef. Scotch broth, made hot, is as good the second day as it is the first. Potatoes (April 7th) ; Rhubarb Mould (June 3rd); Cheese (June 8th). Things that must not be Forgotten. Be particularly careful in making the Scotch broth to skim it frequently. Also remember to cover the Pig’s Fry with paper before baking it. March 4th. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Fried Whiting. Scotch Broth. Brawn, with Brawn Sauce. Beef. Buttered Toast. Dry Toast. Honey. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Corn-flour Milk. Stewed Eels. Boast Leg of Mutton. Yorkshire Pudding. Baked Potatoes. Turnip Tops. Leche Creme. Cheese. Marketing. For the Day.— Two pounds of Silver Eels (see Marketing, January 21st) ; half a pound of Ratafias ; a pennyworth of Parsley ; Potatoes, Turnip-tops. For To-morrow. — If Ham is not already in the house, a slice from the middle of a lately-cured Ham. Breakfast. — Fried Whiting (January 17th) ; Brawn (March 2nd) ; Brawn Sauce (January 1 5tli) ; Corn-flour Milk (June 19tli).

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