A Welsh rarebit is a slice of cheese baked upon a slice of bread; the seasonings are optional.

1. A good and easy way for a family party is to cut a number of thin slices of read, toast them and spread with butter; cut a very thin slice of cheese for each one, place in a baking pan and bake on the top shelf in the oven until the cheese is melted; serve hot or bake only three or four at a time if the orders come that way.

2. This is more elaborate; it is the restaurant and club style:

1 pound cheese.

4 ounces butter.

1 glass ale.

Salt, cayenne.

10 slices of toast.

Mince the cheese small, put it and the butter in a saucepan, set over the fire and work them together with a spatula or a pestle until the cheese is hot and melted, but take care not to let it reach boiling heat, but keep it cooled by adding ale in small portions until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Add cayenne and perhaps a little salt if not enough in the butter. Place thin slices of toast in the dishes,! pour a spoonful of the creamed cheese upon them and set in the top of the oven for 3 or 4 minutes. Pour a little ale upon the edges of the toast and serve.

3. For a large number as in a hotel, the creamed cheese prepared as above may be kept warm without boiling by setting in a vessel of hot water, the toast kept ready and spread with a spoonful of the cheese as called for and sent in without baking.

4. Instead of ale use milk and a milder flavored dish will be the result, which may suit better at a country house.