remove the
cloths, and send them hot and quickly to table. Dumplings boiled in
knitted cloths have a very pretty appearance when they come to table.
The cloths should be made square, just large enough to hold one
dumpling, and should be knitted in plain knitting, with _very coarse_
cotton.

_Time_.--3/4 to 1 hour, or longer should the dumplings be very large.

_Average cost_, 11/2d. each.

_Sufficient_ for 4 persons.

_Seasonable_ from August to March, but flavourless after the end of
January.

LAMBSWOOL, or LAMASOOL.--This old English beverage is composed
of apples mixed with ale, and seasoned with sugar and spice. It
takes its name from _Lamaes abhal_, which, in ancient British,
signifies the day of apple fruit, from being drunk on the apple
feast in autumn. In France, a beverage, called by the Parisians
_raisinee_, is made by boiling any given quantity of new wine,
skimming it as often as fresh scum rises, and, when it is boiled
to half its bulk, straining it. To this apples, pared and cut
into quarters, are added; the whole is then allowed to simmer
gently, stirring it all the time with a long wooden spoon, till
the apples are thoroughly mixed with the liquor, and the whole
forms a species of marmalade, which is extremely agreeable to
the taste, having a slight flavour of acidity, like lemon mixed
with honey.

RICH BAKED APPLE PUDDING.

I.

1228. INGREDIENTS.--1/2 lb. of the pulp of apples, 1/2 lb. of loaf
sugar, 6 oz. of butter, the rind of 1 lemon, 6 eggs, puff-paste.

_Mode_.--Peel, core, and cut the apples, as for sauce; put them into a
stewpan, with only just sufficient water to prevent them from burning,
and let them stew until reduced to a pulp. Weigh the pulp, and to every
1/2 lb. add sifted sugar, grated lemon-rind, and 6 well-beaten eggs.
Beat these ingredients well together; then melt the butter, stir it to
the other things, put a border of puff-paste round the dish, and bake
for rather more than 1/2 hour. The butter should not be added until the
pudding is ready for the oven.

_Time_.--1/2 to 3/4 hour.

_Average cost_, 1s. 10d.

_Sufficient_ for 5 or 6 persons.

_Seasonable_ from August to March.

II.

(_More Economical_.)

1229. INGREDIENTS.--12 large apples, 6 oz. of moist sugar, 1/4 lb. of
butter, 4 eggs, 1 pint of bread crumbs.

_Mode_.--Pare, core, and cut the apples, as for sauce, and boil them
until reduced to a pul