inced very fine, while it is warm. After it has got cold
and dry, it is difficult to do it nicely. Salt fish needs plenty of
vegetables, such as onions, beets, carrots, &c.

There is no way of preparing salt fish for breakfast, so nice as to
roll it up in little balls, after it is mixed with mashed potatoes;
dip it into an egg, and fry it brown.

A female lobster is not considered so good as a male. In the female,
the sides of the head, or what look like cheeks, are much larger,
and jut out more than those of the male. The end of a lobster is
surrounded with what children call 'purses,' edged with a little
fringe. If you put your hand under these to raise it, and find it
springs back hard and firm, it is a sign the lobster is fresh; if
they move flabbily, it is not a good omen.

Fried salt pork and apples is a favorite dish in the country; but it
is seldom seen in the city. After the pork is fried, some of the
fat should be taken out, lest the apples should be oily. Acid apples
should be chosen, because they cook more easily; they should be cut in
slices, across the whole apple, about twice or three times as thick as
a new dollar. Fried till tender, and brown on both sides--laid around
the pork. If you have cold potatoes, slice them and brown them in the
same way.

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PUDDINGS.

BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.

Indian pudding is good baked. Scald a quart of milk (skimmed milk
will do,) and stir in seven table spoonfuls of sifted Indian meal, a
tea-spoonful of salt, a tea-cupful of molasses, and a great spoonful
of ginger, or sifted cinnamon. Baked three or four hours. If you want
whey, you must be sure and pour in a little cold milk, after it is all
mixed.

BOILED INDIAN PUDDING.

Indian pudding should be boiled four or five hours. Sifted Indian meal
and warm milk should be stirred together pretty stiff. A little salt,
and two or three great spoonfuls of molasses, added; a spoonful of
ginger, if you like that spice. Boil it in a tight covered pan, or a
very thick cloth; if the water gets in, it will ruin it. Leave plenty
of room; for Indian swells very much. The milk with which you mix it
should be merely warm; if it be scalding, the pudding will break to
pieces. Some people chop sweet suet fine, and warm in the milk; others
warm thin slices of sweet apple to be stirred into the pudding. Water
will answer instead of milk.

FLOUR OR BATTER PUDDING.

Common flour pu