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Farmers' Fruit Cake

INGREDI- ENTS for good-sized cake.-1 lb. of apples, 1 teacupful of golden syrup, 1 of sugar, a cupful of sour milk, 1/4 lb. of butter, 2 teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, 1 of soda, 1 of cloves, 1 egg, about 1 lb. of flour, or enough to make these ingredients into a smooth paste. AVER- AGE COST, 18.

Peel, core and chop the apples fine, and let them simmer in the syrup till tender.

Work the butter into the flour, next the sugar and spices, mixing well, then add the milk, the egg and the syrup and apples before they are cold. Beat the cake well, and bake it in a buttered tin for 1/2 to 3/4 hour in a moderate oven.

TIME. to hour to bake the cake.

SEASONABLE at any time.

FEBRUARY, DINNERS FOR. 138 FEBRUARY, DINNERS FOR.

February-Dinner for Twelve Persons.

MENU. (English.) Quantity. Average Asparagus Soup.

Red Mullet.

Baked Sweetbreads. 8. d. 2 quarts 60 12 fish. 80 1 joint. 10 0 2 dishes. 66 Curried Chicken. 2 dishes. 46 Saddle of Mutton.

Potatoes.

Spinach. 4lbs.ea. 10 Larded Guinea Fowl. 3 birds. 10 6 Compâte of Fruit. 2 dishes. 36 Lemon Pudding. 1 20 Cheese Biscuits. 2 dishes. 10 £2 13 0 98 MENU. (French.) Potage aux Pointes d'Asperge.

Rougets.

Ris de Veau au Gratin.

Poulet au Kari.

Selle de Mouton.

Pommes de Terre. Epinards.

Pintade Lardée.

Compôte de Fruit.

Pouding de Citron.

Biscuits de Fromage.

February-Dinner for Ten Persons.

MENU. (English.) Quantity. Average MENU. (French.) Julienne.

Cod, Italian Sauce.

Croquettes of Chicken.

Mutton Cutlets.

Fillet of Veal.

Ham.

Potatoes. Brussels Sprouts.

Partridges.

Almond Pudding.

Liqueur Jelly. 8. d. 3 pints. 3 6 4 lbs. 20 2 turs. 10 1 dish. 26 1 dish. 30 1 joint. 60 1 70 4lbs.ea. 10 4 birds. 80 1 20 1 mould. 26 £1 18 6 Julienne.

Cabillaud, Sauce Italienne.

Croquettes de Volaille.

Cotelettes de Mouton.

Rouelle de Veau Rotie.

Jambon.

Pommes de Terre. Choux.

Perdreaux.

Pouding d'Amandes.

Gelée à la Marasquin.

February-Dinner for Eight Persons.

MENU. (English.) Quantity. Average Oysters.

Ox-Tail Soup.

Croquettes of Turkey.

Beef Olives.

Capon, Stuffed.

Ham.

Potatoes. Savoy.

Benedictine Cream.

Apricot Tartlets.

Cheese Straws. 8. d. 2 doz. 40 3 pints. 20 1 dish. 2.6 1 bird. 56 60 1 3lbs. 106 1 mould. 1 dish. 20 1 dish. £1 79 MENU: (French.) Huitres.

Potage de Queue de Bœuf.

Croquettes de Dinde.

Olives de Bœuf.

Chapon Farci.

Jambon.

Pommes de Terre. Choux.

Crême à la Penedictine.

Bouchées d'Abricots.

Pailles de Parmesan.

FEBRUARY, DINNERS FOR. 139 FEBRUARY, DINNERS FOR.

February-Dinners for from Six to Twelve Persons.

MEVIN E LA R Mock Turtle Soup.

Cod Cutlets, Tartare Sauce.

Lobster Croquettes.

Curried Fowl.

Mock Turtle Soup. Tartare Sauce. Leg of Mutton. Stewed Celery. Curried Fowl. Cod Cutlets, Rhubarb Tart. Potatoes. Cream. Leg of Mutton.

Potatoes.

Stewed Celery.

Rhubarb Tart.

Cream.

Blancmange.

MENU Meno Julienne Soup.

Stewed Carp.

Oyster Patties.

Fricandeau of Beef.

Potatoes. Brussels Sprouts.

Snipe.

Plum Pudding.

Compôte of Fruit.

Celery Salad.

MENU Oyster Soup.

Turbot, Lobster Sauce.

Curried Prawns.

Salmi of Wild Duck.

Sirloin of Beef.

Potatoes.

Hare Soup.

Brill, Oyster Sauce.

Stewed Pigeons.

Fillet of Beef, Horseradish Sauce.

Potatoes.

Sprouts.

Partridges.

Exeter Pudding.

Fruit Salad.

Sea-kale.

Wild Duck.

Coburg Pudding.

Creamed Apple Tart.

FEBRUARY, DINNERS FOR. 140 FEBRUARY, DINNER TABLE.

February-Plain Family Dinners for:

No. 1.

Sunday. Roast sirloin of beef, horseradish sauce, broccoli, potatoes. - Apple tart, custard pudding. -Cheese. -Dessert.