Ingredients. - One and a half pound of canned meat. One and a half pound of potatoes. Half a pound of onions.

Time required, about one hour.

To make an Irish Stew:

1. Wash one and a half pound of potatoes well in cold water, and scrub them clean with a scrubbing-brush.

N. B. - If the potatoes are not very good, or are in any way diseased, take a sharp knife, peel them, and cut out the eyes and any black specks about them; but it is much better to steam or boil them in their skins.

2. Fill a saucepan with hot water and put it on the fire to boil.

3. Peel half a pound of onions.

4. When the water is quite boiling, put the potatoes in a steamer and sprinkle them over with salt.

N. B. - As the onions are to be eaten with the potatoes, put them in the saucepan of boiling water, and they can be boiled while the potatoes are being steamed.

5. Place the steamer on the saucepan of boiling water, and cover it down tight to keep the steam in.

6. Let the potatoes steam and the onions boil for half an hour.

7. Now open a tin of canned meat.

8. Take one and a half pound of meat out of the tin and cut it in slices.

9. Take a fork and put it in the potatoes and the onions, to feel if they are quite tender.

10. When they are sufficiently cooked, take the potatoes out of the steamer, put them on a board, peel them carefully, and cut them in slices.

11. Take the onions out of the saucepan, put them on a board, and cut them in slices.

12. Take a large saucepan, put in a layer of potatoes, then a layer of onions, and then a layer of meat.

13. Sprinkle a little pepper and salt over each layer of meat for seasoning.

14. Pour half a pint of warm water into the saucepan, put it on the fire, and let the meat and vegetables simmer until they are thoroughly warmed through.

15. For serving, turn the Irish stew out on to a hot dish.