r. Then I would throw in cabbage, or turnip, and
carrot; or any garden stuff that was most plenty; let it stew two or
three hours, and it will make a dish fit for his majesty. The
working men should have the meat; the children don't want it: the
soup will be thick and substantial, and requires no bread."

RICE MILK.

"You who can get skim-milk, as all our workmen can, have a great
advantage. A quart of this, and a quarter of a pound of rice you
have just bought, a little bit of alspice, and brown sugar, will
make a dainty and cheap dish."

"Bless your heart!" muttered Amy Grumble, who looked as dirty as a
cinder-wench, with her face and fingers all daubed with snuff: "rice
milk, indeed! it is very nice to be sure for those that can dress
it, but we have not a bit of coal; rice is no use to us without
firing;" "and yet," said the Doctor, "I see your tea-kettle boiling
twice every day, as I pass by the poor-house, and fresh butter at
thirteen-pence a pound on your shelf." "Oh, dear sir," cried Amy, "a
few sticks serve to boil the tea-kettle." "And a few more," said the
Doctor, "will boil the rice milk, and give twice the nourishment at
a quarter of the expense."

RICE PUDDING.

"Pray, Sarah," said the Doctor, "how did you use to make that
pudding my children were so fond of? And I remember, when it was
cold, we used to have it in the parlor for supper." "Nothing more
easy," said Mrs. White: "I put half a pound of rice, two quarts of
skim-milk, and two ounces of brown sugar." "Well," said the Doctor,
"and how many will this dine?" "Seven or eight, sir." "Very well,
and what will it cost?" "Why, sir, it did not cost you so much,
because we baked at home, and I used our own milk; but it will not
cost above seven-pence to those who pay for both. Here, too, bread
is saved."

"Pray, Sarah, let me put in a word," said Farmer White: "I advise my
men to raise each a large bed of parsnips. They are very nourishing,
and very profitable. Sixpenny worth of seed, well sowed and trod in,
will produce more meals than four sacks of potatoes; and, what is
material to you who have so little ground, it will not require more
than an eighth part of the ground which the four sacks will take.
Providence having contrived by the very formation of this root that
it shall occupy but a very small space. Parsnips are very good the
second day warmed in the frying pan, and a little rasher of pork, or
bacon, will give them a nice flavor."