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1188. Is generally to be had for nothing, when it is obtainable at all, or at all events the price is very low. Cottagers who kill their own pigs would do well to exchange with their neighbours a portion of the blood, as it is generally more than they can use themselves, and black-puddings may readily be made without the skins. The directions given at page 112 are sufficient, and need not be repeated here. This is a very cheap and nourishing dish, and, when made without the skins, it may either be plain boiled or fried, with boiled potatoes and lard, or dripping.

COW-HEEL, 1189. As sold in the shops, is already boiled and deprived of a large proportion of its nourishment. It is not, in this condition, at all an economical dish, as one of them has not more than half a pound of gelatinous matter upon it, and they are sold at from fourpence to sixpence a-piece. If, however, a raw cow-heel can be got at that price, it is cheap enough, as there is a large amount of nutritious matter in it which it loses in the preparation at the tripe-shop. It only wants four or five hours' slow simmering, and in that time it will give out a quantity of excellent soup, besides the same amount of solid matter that it contains when bought ready prepared. The hoofs merely require putting into boiling water for a few minutes to get them off, together with the hair remaining on the skin attached to them, after which the feet are ready for boiling.