FLUMMERY. Scald a quart of cream, with a little cinnamon or
mace. Mix this gradually into half a pound of rice flour, and then stir
it over a gentle fire till it acquires the thickness of jelly. Sweeten
it to the taste, and pour it into cups or shapes. Turn it out when cold,
and serve it up. Cream, wine, or preserves eat well with it, or it may
be eaten alone as preferred. Oatmeal may be used instead of rice.

SPANISH FRITTERS. Cut the crumb of a French roll into square lengths, of
the thickness of one's finger, nutmeg, sugar, pounded cinnamon, and an
egg. When well soaked, fry the fritters of a nice brown; and serve with
butter, wine, and sweet sauce.

SPANISH PUFFS. Boil a stick of cinnamon, a piece of lemon peel, and a
little sugar, in three quarters of a pint of water for ten minutes. Let
it cool, then add three eggs well beaten, and shake in three large
spoonfuls of flour. Beat these well together, add three more eggs, and
simmer the whole over the fire, till it thickens almost to a paste. Drop
this with a tea-spoon into boiling lard, and fry these little puffs of a
delicate light brown.

SPANISH SAUCE. Put some gravy into a saucepan with a glass of white
wine, and the same of good broth. Add a bunch of parsley and chives, two
cloves of garlic, half a bay leaf, a pinch of coriander seed, two
cloves, a sliced onion, a carrot, half a parsnip, and two spoonfuls of
salad oil. Stew these for two hours over a very slow fire. Skim off the
fat, pass the sauce through a tammis, season it with pepper and salt,
and use it with any thing as approved.

SPARERIB. Baste it with a very little butter and flour; and when done,
sprinkle it with dried sage crumbled. Serve it with potatoes and apple
sauce.

SPARROW. A mischievous destructive bird in corn-fields, and which should
mostly be destroyed. It is observed, that were all the farmers in a
neighbourhood to agree to their destruction, by offering rewards for
their heads, their numbers might be lessened; and that were the practice
general, surely the whole race might be extirpated. It is supposed that
six-pence a dozen the first year, nine-pence the second, and a shilling
the third year, would nearly reach their complete extirpation. To
enforce which it should be considered how soon twelve sparrows destroy
twelve penny-worth of wheat. In Kent, they use a species of trap, which
is very effectual in taking them. It consists of a small wicker basket,
resembling a fruit-