On habits and manners

Three slices salt pork fried brown ; three onions fried in the fat . one quart boiled potatoes, mashed ; two pilot biscuit broken fine , one tablespoonful thyme ; three tablespoonfuls pepper : half a teaspoonful cloves ; a little salt, six pounds fresh fish cut in slices ; water enough to cover, boil slowly one hour. STUFFING FOR POULTRY. Soak a sufficient quantity of bread crusts in water ; when soft, chop fine and add salt, pepper, sage and a little butter ; chop the liver and gizzards of the fowls very fine and mix with the bread. CHOPPED BEEF. Take cold roast or boiled beef, chop it fine, and add half the quantity of bread crumbs, salt, pepper and a little butter. Warm with a little water or gravy, or put it in a pan and bake. PORK AND BEANS. Soak the beans all night ; put them in a deep dish with a little water, and in the centre of the dish put a thick piece of salt pork. Bake three or four hours. VEGETABLES. Potatoes may be cooked in a great variety of ways, and are always good and nourishing food. Mashed — Rub well-boiled potatoes till there are no lumps, and add salt, milk or cream, and a little butter. Leave them in this way, or put them in a deep dish and brown in the oven, or roll and cook as croquettes. Chopped — Chop cold boiled potatoes not very fine ; warm them with milk, butter and salt. Fried. — Cut cold boiled potatoes in thick slices, and brown slightly in butter or lard, or slice raw potatoes very thin and fry to a crisp in lard deep enough to cover them, and at the boiling point. TURNIPS. Mash while hot and mix with butter, pepper and salt. CARROTS. *77 Cut in fine strips, boil soft, drain off the water, and thicken it with a little flour and milk, add pepper and salt, and pour over the carrots. Celery and salsify may be cooked in the same way. TOMATOES. Cut two cucumbers and one onion into very small pieces, boil till quite soft, add six large tomatoes which have been peeled and cut up. some pepper and salt, and boil till done. If any of this is left, thicken it with bread crumbs, put in a deep dish, sprinkle bread crumbs and a little butter on top, and bake. Canned tomatoes can be cooked in the same way. ONIONS. Boil till soft, put in a deep dish and pour over them a sauce made of milk thickened with flour, butter, pepper and salt. Scallop cold boiled onions with bread crumbs in the same way as tomatoes Cauliflower should be boiled with a little* salt and served with drawn butter. Greens of any kind should be boiled very tender, rubbed through a sieve and garnished with slices of boiled egg. WHEAT BREAD. Two quarts sifted flour, three pints water, one-fourth cake yeast, one teaspoonful salt, one large spoonful butter, one teaspoonful sugar. Mix well, let it stand until it has doubled in size, make it in two loaves, knead it, put it in pans and let it rise a second time. Bake in slow oven. Equal parts of milk and water can be used if desired. BROWN BREAD.