Herb Mixture

Two ounces of knotted marjoram, two ounces of winter savory, one ounce of basil, one ounce of tarragon.

Rub these dried herbs together and put them into a spare clean dry pickle bottle. Cork them closely down for future use.

Preserved Meats

Potted preserved meats when bought at a tradesman's who can be relied on are excellent. Potted ham, tongue, beef, bloaters, etc., are very useful for breakfast or light supper. Cold boiled beef sold in tins, cold chicken, etc., are excellent, so also are beef and bouilli, but it requires a little additional flavouring. Australian boiled mutton is also a cheap and excellent food. For invalids, Joubert combines meat extract with iodine and bromine, and recommends the combination in cases of chlorosis and consumption. Two gr. extr. carnis are mixed with fifteen ctgr. kal. iodat. or kal. bromatum. - Food Journal.

The potted soups all require flavouring and the addition of fresh vegetables, wine, lemon-juice, ketchup, herbs, etc; but well-managed they save trouble. They are not, however, as cheap, nor (when it is well made) as good as home-made soups. They are is. a tin.

One tin of the Condensed Swiss Milk should be kept in the store-room as a resource if the milk of the house fails. It is diluted with warm water for use, according to the taste and judgment of the user.

We conclude in the words of a Journal which every housekeeper should take in:

"Let me recommend two convenient additions to the store closet. Pastilles for soup, which consist of balls composed of vegetable matter (sold in bottles, and costing about a halfpenny a ball), are invaluable for colouring and flavouring soups, only requiring to be added with the meat or bones; as are also dried mushrooms, an Italian preparation, but unfortunately three times the price in London that one has to give in Italy; nevertheless, in flavouring dishes a little goes a long way, and they can of course be used when mushrooms are out of season. Both the pastilles and mushrooms are to be obtained at Piccirillo's, Wigmore-street, London.

1. Potato Cakes.

2. Pink Fritters.

3. Raspberry Fritters.

4. A Bird's Nest.

5. Arrowroot Fritters.

6. Orange Fritters.

7. Maccaroni.

"Do not throw away as utterly worthless the remainders of lemons which have been pet-led and squeezed. Lemons have very cleansing properties, and such fragments if put into the scullery soap-dish will cleanse both the hands of the cook, and her saucepans." - Food Journal.