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Eighth Day: Mabel

When Mabel and Amy had finished stoning the raisins, Mrs. King set one of them to making the salad dressing, and the other to measuring the ingredients for the gingerbread, using the dishes which Edith had for the cake, so as to save the trouble of washing. "And when the cake is finished and set to rise in the baking-tins," said Aunt Jane, " you can mix your gingerbread up in that same pan she has it in now." This was the recipe for the salad dressing:

No. 106-SIMPLE SALAD DRESSING.

One teaspoonful salt, small half teaspoon pepper, the same of dry mustard, two tablespoonfuls finely chopped parsley, a taste of grated onion, one gill of vinegar and the same of oil. Cut up cold potatoes, boiled not too long, but firm and solid, into small mouthfuls, pour the dressing over them and let them stand in it half an hour before serving. "Ellen must save out some of the potatoes she cooks for dinner," said Mrs. King, "and not boil them quite as long as the others." "But we have new potatoes, ma'am," said Ellen. "Oh, those will be delicious! Save the very smallest for us-all the little buttons you can pick out. Those that are too large for mouthfuls can be cut into two or three pieces."