Young pigeons, called squabs in this country, are pigeonneaux in French. The price varies greatly with locality; we paid 80 cents a dozen. This is a pie with brown gravy instead of white us in chick en pie.

Take 18 squabs, pick, singe, open down the back, draw, and divide in halves; wash and dry them and flatten with the cleaver. Pepper, salt and flour them on both sides. Melt 1/2 pound of butter in the baking pan the pie is to be made in, lay in the squabs and bake them light brown. Pour into the pan about 2 quarts of broth or water and continue the baking. When done sufficiently thicken the gravy, add walnut catsup or a little Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper, cover with a short crust and bake twenty minutes longer. When the crust of a meat pie gives out before the meal, bake a thin crust by itself on a baking pan; cut it in squares and use to finish the. meal. I