Ingredients. - Six ounces of flour. One egg. One pint of milk. One and a half pound of meat (beef or mutton). Seasoning.

Time required, about one hour and three-quarters.

To make Toad-in-the-Hole:

1. Put six ounces of flour into a basin, with half a salt-spoonful of salt.

2. Break one egg into the flour, and stir in smoothly, and by degrees, one pint of milk.

N. B. - Be careful that it is not lumpy.

3. Beat it up as much as possible, as it will make the batter lighter.

4. Take one pound of meat, put it on a board, and cut it in neat pieces.

N. B. - Buttock steak, beef skirt, or any pieces of mutton, might be used; for instance, the short bones from the neck of mutton. Sausages or cold meat might very well be used.

5. Take a pie-dish, or a tin, and grease it inside with clarified dripping.

6. Season the pieces of meat with pepper and salt, and place them in the greased dish.

7. Pour the batter over the meat, and put the dish in the oven to bake for one hour.

8. After that time it is ready for serving.