In helping plates to gravy or sauce, never pour it over the meat, fowl or fish, but put it aside on the plate. — Mrs, Eliza K. Parker in Good Housekeeping, SARDINE SANDWICHES. These sandwiches may be made with bread or crack- ers. Drain off the oil; lay the sardines on soft paper to absorb all the oil possible. Pick over with silver knife and fork, removing the bones, etc., and mincing fine. For a box of sardines, use the juice of a small lemon, and one or two teaspoonfuls of melted butter, a speck of cayenne pepper, and salt✪ Sardine Sandwiches. Sometimes the mixture is rubbed through a sieve, but that is not necessary in every case. Spread the bread or crack- ers with this paste. Oil would be preferred to melted butter by many, and sometimes a slice of ripe tomato is put in each sandwich. FRIDAY, JAN. 27 Breskftl5t.^Hoininy with Cream. Hashed Mutton. Bread and Butter. Doughnuts. Coffee, Dinner. —Broiled Steak. Mushroom Sauce. Creamed Potatoes. Lettuce. Bread and Butter. Cottage Pudding. Sm>per.— Welsh Rarebit. Bread and Butter. Currant Jam. Cake. »upper Tea, Mushroom Sauce. — To i pint of hot water add 2 tablespoonfuls butter, 1 tablespoonful flour✪ Mushroom Sauce, stir until thickened, season to taste and then add 54 can mushrooms. Boil again. SATURDAY, JAN. 28 Breakfast. — Quaker Oats with Cream. Boiled Eggs. Warmed Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee. Dinner. — Corned Beef. Cabbage. Beets. Potatoes, Bread and Butter. Apple Float. Supper — Cold Corned Beef. Stewed Prunes, Cake. Cocoa. Stewed Prunes. — Wash carefully, put them into a porcelain kettle with boiling water to cover them. Add juice of '.-b a lemon and K ^ cup of sugar for a pound of fruit✪ Stewed Prunes. Boil until the prunes are swollen and tender. SUNDAY, JAN. 29 Breakfast. — California Breakfast Food with Cream. Fried Perch. Fried Potatoes, Corn Bread. Coffee. Dinner. — Chicken Pot Pie. Mashed Potatoes. Asparagus. Bread and Butter. Custard Pie. Cheese. Coffee. Supper.— Creamed Toast. Canned Pears. Cake. Chocolate. Corn Bread. — 2 cups corn meal, i cup flour, 2 tablespoonfuls melted butter, i teaspoonful salt 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 3 eggs well beaten, 3 cups sweet milk✪ Corn Bread. Bakein shallow tins. MONDAY, JAN. 30 Breakfast. — Oranges. Warmed over Chicken Pie. Fried Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee, Dinner. —Pork Chops. Apple Sauce. Bulled Rice. White Baked Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Steamed Pudding. Supper.— Cheese. Rice Croquettes with Maple Syrup. Chocolate Cake. Tea. Rice CrOqOHTTes,— Take one half cup cold boiled rice, beat in two eggs, two Sjpoonfuls sugar, one teaspoonful salt. Form into balls, dust with fine rolled cracker crumbs, roll in beaten eggs dust again with cracker crumbs and fry in boiling hot lard✪ Rice Croquettes till a nice brown. TUESDAY, JAN. -Oranges. Boiled Eggs, Warmed Po- Co~ 31 Breakfest.- tatoes. Hot Buttered Toast Coffee. Dinner.- Beef Stew with Dumplings. Boiled White Potatoes. Turnips. Bread and Butter. Jelly Crackers. Supper. — Sardines with Sliced Lemon. Bread and Butter. Stewed Prunes. Cake. Chocolate. Jellv Crackers, — Place split crackers on a plate and on each put a bit of jelly; grate on nutmeg and just before serving pour over the whole a pint or more of scalding milk seasoned with vanilla✪ Jelly Crackers. FRIED BREAKFAST VEGETABLES.

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In helping plates to gravy or sauce, never pour it over the meat, fowl or fish, but put it aside on the plate. — Mrs, Eliza K. Parker in Good Housekeeping, SARDINE SANDWICHES. These sandwiches may be made with bread or crackers. Drain off the oil; lay the sardines on soft paper to absorb all the oil possible. Pick over with silver knife and fork, removing the bones, etc., and mincing fine. For a box of sardines, use the juice of a small lemon, and one or two teaspoonfuls of melted butter, a speck of cayenne pepper, and salt. Sometimes the mixture is rubbed through a sieve, but that is not necessary in every case. Spread the bread or crackers with this paste. Oil would be preferred to melted butter by many, and sometimes a slice of ripe tomato is put in each sandwich. JAN. Breakfast.—Hominy with Cream. Hashed Mutton. Bread and Butter. Doughnuts. Coffee, Dinner. —Broiled Steak. Mushroom Sauce. Creamed Potatoes. Lettuce. Bread and Butter. Cottage Pudding. Supper.— Welsh Rarebit. Bread and Butter. Currant Jam. Cake. Supper.—Tea, Mushroom Sauce. — To i pint of hot water add 2 tablespoonfuls butter, 1 tablespoonful flour, stir until thickened, season to taste and then add 54 can mushrooms. Boil again. SATURDAY, JAN. Breakfast. — Quaker Oats with Cream. Boiled Eggs. Warmed Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee. Dinner. — Corned Beef. Cabbage. Beets. Potatoes, Bread and Butter. Apple Float. Supper — Cold Corned Beef. Stewed Prunes, Cake. Cocoa. Stewed Prunes. — Wash carefully, put them into a porcelain kettle with boiling water to cover them. Add juice of '.-b a lemon and K ^ cup of sugar for a pound of fruit. Boil until the prunes are swollen and tender. JAN. Breakfast. — California Breakfast Food with Cream. Fried Perch. Fried Potatoes, Corn Bread. Coffee. Dinner. — Chicken Pot Pie. Mashed Potatoes. Asparagus. Bread and Butter. Custard Pie. Cheese. Coffee. Supper.— Creamed Toast. Canned Pears. Cake. Chocolate. Corn Bread. — 2 cups corn meal, i cup flour, 2 tablespoonfuls melted butter, i teaspoonful salt 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 3 eggs well beaten, 3 cups sweet milk. Bakein shallow tins. JAN. Breakfast. — Oranges. Warmed over Chicken Pie. Fried Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee, Dinner. —Pork Chops. Apple Sauce. Boiled Rice. White Baked Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Steamed Pudding. Supper.— Cheese. Rice Croquettes with Maple Syrup. Chocolate Cake. Tea. Rice Croquettes.—— Take one half cup cold boiled rice, beat in two eggs, two tablespoonfuls sugar, one teaspoonful salt. Form into balls, dust with fine rolled cracker crumbs, roll in beaten eggs dust again with cracker crumbs and fry in boiling hot lard till a nice brown. TUESDAY, JAN. -Oranges. Boiled Eggs, Warmed Po- Coffee. Breakfast.— tatoes. Hot Buttered Toast Coffee. Dinner.- Beef Stew with Dumplings. Boiled White Potatoes. Turnips. Bread and Butter. Jelly Crackers. Supper. — Sardines with Sliced Lemon. Bread and Butter. Stewed Prunes. Cake. Chocolate. Jellv Crackers, — Place split crackers on a plate and on each put a bit of jelly; grate on nutmeg and just before serving pour over the whole a pint or more of scalding milk seasoned with vanilla. FRIED BREAKFAST VEGETABLES.

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