beat well until very light. Then
fry in deep hot lard by the tablespoonful until a light brown. Serve
hot with broiled steak.

29.--Belgian Eggs.

Take 4 eggs, 2 cups of milk, 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar, 1 teaspoonful
of flour. Beat whites separate; add flour to the yolks and sugar; beat
until stiff. Beat the whites and scald in milk; strain from the milk,
and set aside. Take the yolk, and stir gently in the milk until thick.
Remove from the fire. Place in a dish to cool. Flavor with vanilla and
then put the whites on top and serve.

30.--Irish Cucumber Salad.

Peel the cucumbers and slice thin; add 1 onion sliced. Sprinkle well
with salt; let stand half an hour on ice; press out all the water;
sprinkle with white pepper and chopped parsley. Add vinegar mixed with
sugar, to taste, and salad oil. Serve at once.

31.--German Iced Beer Soup.

Take one quart of fresh beer. Sweeten to taste and flavor with a pinch
of cinnamon and nutmeg. Slice a lemon very thin and put in the beer.
Let get very cold on ice and serve with sponge-cake.

_SEPTEMBER._

1.--Dutch Biscuits.

Make a soft biscuit dough; then put on a well-floured baking-board and
roll out one-half inch thick. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and grated
lemon peel and pour over some melted butter. Then roll up the dough
and cut into inch thick slices; lay in a well-buttered baking-pan and
let bake in a hot oven until done.

2.--Hindoo Oyster Fritters.

Boil large oysters in their liquor; season with salt, pepper and
curry-powder. Let come to a boil; then drain, and spread the oysters
with highly seasoned minced chicken. Dip them in a seasoned egg batter
and fry in deep hot lard to a golden brown. Serve hot, garnished with
fried parsley and lemon slices.

3.--Jewish Chrimsel.

Soak 1/2 loaf of bread in milk; add 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of
raisins, 1/2 cup of pounded nuts, the grated peel of a lemon and a
pinch of cinnamon. Then mix with the yolks of 4 eggs and the whites
beaten stiff and fry by the tablespoonful in hot fat until brown.
Serve hot with wine sauce.

4.--Spanish Relish.

Stone some large olives and fill the space with anchovy paste, mixed
with well-seasoned tomato-sauce. Then fry thin slices of bread and
spread with some of the paste. Place a filled olive in the centre;
sprinkle with chopped hard-boiled eggs and garnish with fillets of
anchovies and sprigs of parsley.

5.--French Orange Compote.

Make a syrup of