A bill of fare for every day in the year ...

Supper— Oyster Stew. Crackers. Stewed Prunes. Cake. Tea. Baked Lobster.— Pound the meat toa smooth paste, mixing a little butter, salt, pepper and a few bread crumbs with it, and lastly stir in 2 well-beaten eggs. Shape th s mixture as nearly like a lobster as possible, pressmg it firmly with the hands. Place on a well greased pan, dust with line cracker crumbs and bits of butter and bake 20 minutes or till brown. 1 f lobsters cannot be procured, canned will do quite as well, using i large or 2 small cans. JAN. Breakfast. — Omelet ; Fried Potatoes ; Muffins ; Butter ; Coffee. Dinner. —Broiled Beef Steak -^ Baked White and Sweet Potatoes ; Bread and Butter ; Apple Pie ; Cheese. Sttpper.— Oyster Stew; Crackers ; Bread and Butter ; Blackberry jam ; Cake ; Tea. Omelet for Four People.— Beat the yolks of four eggs till light-colored, and thick ; add one-half cup of milk, one teaspoonful of salt and one-half a teaspoonful of pepper. Beat the whites of four eggs till stiff and dry. Cut and fold them lightly into the yolks till just covered. Usea smooth iron spider or frying pan with a tin cover. Heat the pan and the cover very hot, Butter the pan. turn in the mixture, cover it and place on the back of the stove for five minutes, or till firm. Fold as usual. Omelets should be only slightly browned, never burned, as the flavor of scorched egg is not agreeable. JAN. Breakfast. — Oranges ; Fried Halibut Steak ; Creamed Potatoes; Corn Muffins; Butter; Coffee. Dinner. -Roast Beef. Gravy; Browned Baked Potatoes; Turnips ; Celery ; Bread and butter ; Mince Pie and Cheese. Supper.— Cold Roast Beef; Bread and Butter; Canned Plums; Cake ; Cocoa. Browned BAKED Potatoes. — Pare the Potatoes. Cover them with cold salted water, and let stand an hour. Place them in the dripping-pan, close around the meat, and when they are partially cooked turn them over and baste, so that they will be nicely browned. Cook forty-five minutes, or until soft, not soggy. JAN. Breakfast. — Oatmeal, with Cream; Buckwheat Griddle Cakes, with Maple Syrup ; Bread and Butter ; Coffee. Dinner.— Soup and crackers ; Meat Pie ; Onions, boiled in milk ; Sweet Potatoes- Bread and Butter • Rice Pudding. 3upper. — Fried Sweet Potatoes; Bread and Butter; Stewed Prunes; Plum Cake ; Tea. Meat Pie. — Cut cold meat in inch squares. Cut raw potatoes into small pieces. Put the meat and potatoes in a good-sized baking-dish and fill the dish one-fourth full of gravy. Season with salt and pepper. Crust . — One pint flour, sifted, onehalf teaspoonful salt, one heaping teaspoonful baking-powder, small tablespoonful butter, milk to make a soft dough. Mix in the order given, then sift all together. Rub in the butter with the tips of the fingers until there are no large lumps. Mix in the milk, using a knite. When stiff enough to be handled, turn out on a well-floured board, roll out thick and put on the top of the meat. Wet the edges of the dish, to make the pastry stick. JAN. Breakfast.— California Breakfast Food with Cream ; Fried Ham and Eggs ; Bread and Butter ; Coffee. Dinner.— Broiled Mutton Chops ; Bread and Butter ; Fried Raw Potatoes ; Canned Corn ; White Grapes. Supper. — Macaroni with Cheese; Bread and Butter; Canned Quinces ; Cream Cakes ; Tea.