Ingredients. - Half a peck of peas. Salt. Quarter of a salt-spoonful of carbonate of soda. Half an ounce of butter. Castor-sugar.

Time required, about half an hour.

To Dress Peas:

1. Take the peas and shell them.

2. Take a saucepan full of warm water and put it on the fire to boil.

3. When the water is quite boiling, put in the shelled peas, a teaspoonful of salt, and a quarter of a salt-spoonful of carbonate of soda.

N. B. - The soda will keep the peas a good color.

4. Let them boil for from fifteen to twenty minutes, according to the age of the peas. (The cover should be off the saucepan.)

5. After that time, feel the peas, that they are quite soft; then take them out of the saucepan, and drain off all the water in a colander.

6. Now turn the peas into a saute-pan, with half an ounce of butter.

7. Sprinkle half a teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoon-ful of castor-sugar over the peas, and toss them over the fire for a few minutes; but they must not fry.

8. For serving, arrange them on a hot vegetable-dish.