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

Steamed Pudding.— One pint bread crumbs, one egg (well beaten), one cup molasses, one cup cold water, one cup flour, one teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful cloves, one half teaspoonful allspice, a little salt. Steam three hours. Sauce — One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one egg, (well beaten,) one cup boiling water, a little nutmeg. Beat not boil. JAN. Breakfast — Oatmeal and Cream ; Corned Beef Hash; ^ m Hot Rolls ; Coffee. ^^ Dinner.— Beef Stew with Dumplings ; Celery ; White Bread and Butter ; Rice Pudding. Supper.- Milk Toast ; Crackers and Cheese ; Cocoa. Beef Stew, with Dumplings.— Cut the meat into small pieces. Dredge with salt, pepper and flour (if not previously cooked) and brown all over in drippings or salt pork. Put it into the stew-pan. Cut two onions, one small white turnip and half a small carrot into half-inch dice. Add them to the stew. Add boiling water enough. to cover, and simmer two or three hours. When the meat is tender add six or eight small potatoes. Season to taste. DuMrLiNGs.— One pint of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Mix with one scant cup sweet milk into a dough soft enough to handle easily. Pat it out half an inch thick. Cut in small rounds, or mix softer and drop by the spoonful into the boiling stew. Cook ten minutes. Serve. JAN. Breakfast.— Whole Wheat Mush, with Cream ; Warmed- ^J Over Stew ; Hot Baked Sour Apples ; White Bread and ^^ Butter ; Coffee. Dinner.— Baked Halibut ; Baked Sweet Potatoes; Baked White Potatoes ; Bread and Butter ; Blanc-Mange. Supper,— Buttered Toast ; Cheese; Canned Strawberries, Cake: Milk ; Tea, Baked Sour Apples.— Pick out sound apples. Core them and place in a baking dish. Fill each apple center with white sugar, and pour a little water in the dish. Bake until apples are very soft. JAN. Breakfast.— Oatmeal, with Cream ; Creamed Fish ; ■ Warmed Potatoes; Bread and Butter* Coffee. ^ Dinner.— -Broiled Beef Steak ; Mashed White Potatoes; Canned Stewed Tomatoes; Bread and Butter; Hot Apple Pie and Cheese. Supper. — Baked Beans; Boston Brown Bread; Apple Sauce, Cake ; Tea. Cre.a,med Fish.— Pick cold broiled or baked halibut into small pieces, taking out all bones. Boil one cup of milk, one teaspoonful of butter and one heaping teaspoonful of flour. (Mix the flour with a very little milk, so that it will be smooth.) When boiling add the fish, and serve as soon as creamy. JAN. Breakfast.— Oranges ; Fried Oysters; Fried Potatoes; Buttered Toast ; Coffee. Dinner.— Roast Chicken; Celery; Sweet Potatoes; Mashed Potatoes ; Gravy ; Bread and Butter ; Apple Pie ; Cheese. Supper.— Thin Bread and Butter; Cheese; Canned Pears; Chocolate Cake. Chocolate Cake.— Cream:— A piece of butter the size of a butternut, (beaten till creamy.) i cup sugar, \ egg, (beaten light,) 73 cup milk, i-i cup flour, i heaping teaspoonful baking powder. Filling -.—yi^Xx 1 square chocolate. Add, when melted, i cup sugar 5 tablespoonfulsof milk. Boil three minutes. Add i teaspoonful vanilla. Beat with an egg-beater till cool enough to spread on cake. JAN. Breakfast.— Hominy, with Cream; Boiled Eggs; Warmed ^^V Potatoes, Bread and Butter ; Coffee. ^^