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Beef, Sliced and Broiled

(Cold Meat Cookery.) - INGREDIENTS.-A few slices of cold roast beef, 4 or 5 potatoes, a thin batter, pepper and salt to taste.

Pare the potatoes as you would peel an apple; fry the parings in a thin batter BEEF-STEAK PIE. seasoned with salt and pepper, until they are of a light brown colour, and place them on a dish over some slices of beef, which should be nicely seasoned and broiled.

TIME.-5 minutes to broil the meat.

SEASONABLE at any time. (A Breakfast dish.) Beef, Spiced. (To Serve Cold.)- INGREDIENTS.-14 lbs. of the thick flank or rump of beef, 1/2 lb. of coarse sugar, 1 oz. of saltpetre, 1/4 lb. of pounded allspice, 1 lb. of common salt. AVERAGE COST, 7d. per lb.

Rub the sugar well into the beef, and let it lie for 12 hours; then rub the saltpetre and allspice, both of which should be pounded, over the meat, and let it remain for another 12 hours; then rub in the salt.

Turn daily in the liquor for a fortnight; soak it for a few hours in water, dry with a cloth, cover with a coarse paste, put a little water at the bottom of the pan, and bake in a moderate oven for 4 hours. If it is not covered with a paste be careful to put the beef into a deep vessel, and cover with a plate, or it will be too crisp. During the time the meat is in the oven it should be turned once or twice.

TIME.-4 hours.

SEASONABLE at any time.