a slow charcoal fire.

CHICKEN CROQUETTES.

Gargilius, sleek, voluptuous lord,
A hundred dainties smoke upon his board;
Earth, air, and ocean ransack'd for the feast,
In masquerade of foreign olios dress'd.
WARTON.

Reduce two spoonfuls of veloute or sauce tournee, and add to the yolks
of four eggs; put to this the white meat of a chicken, minced very
small, and well mixed with the sauce; take it out, and roll it into
balls, about the size of a walnut; roll them in breadcrumbs, giving them
an elongated form; then beat them in some well-beaten egg; bread them
again, and fry them of a light brown.

LEG OF MUTTON.

But hang it, to poets, who seldom can eat,
Your very good _mutton's_ a very good treat.
GOLDSMITH.

Cut off the shank bone, and trim the knuckle, put it into lukewarm water
for ten minutes, wash it clean, cover it with cold water, and let it
simmer very gently, and skim it carefully; a leg of nine pounds will
take two and a half or three hours, if you like it thoroughly done,
especially in very cold weather.

The liquor the mutton is boiled in, you may convert into good soup in
five minutes, and Scotch barley broth. Thus managed, a leg of mutton is
a most economical joint.

TO CURE HAMS.

Or urged thereunto by the woes he endured,
The way to be _smoked_, is the way to be _cured_.
ANONYMOUS.

But to the fading palate bring relief,
By the _Westphalian ham_ or Belgic beef.
KING.

When the weather will permit, hang the ham three days; mix an ounce of
saltpetre with one quarter of a pound of bay salt, ditto common salt,
ditto of coarsest sugar, and a quart of strong beer; boil them together,
and pour over immediately on the ham; turn it twice a day in the pickle
for three weeks. An ounce of black pepper, ditto of pimento in finest
powder, added to the above, will give still more flavor. Cover with bran
when wiped, and smoke from three to four weeks, as you approve; the
latter will make it harder, and more of the flavor of Westphalia. Sew
hams in hessings, _i. e._ coarse wrapper, if to be smoked where there is
a strong fire.

HAM PIES.

Each mortal has his pleasure; none deny
Scarsdale his bottle, Darby his _ham pie_.
DODSLEY.

Take two pounds of veal cutlets, cut them in middling sized pieces,
season with pepper and a very little salt; lik