r the fire again and cook a few minutes
longer. Turn it into an earthen vegetable dish to harden; set it on
the ice in the refrigerator. Eat cold in slices. Nice made into
sandwiches, with _thin_ slices of bread, lightly spread with butter.

BOILED RICE.

Boil half a cupful of rice in just enough water to cover it, with half
a teaspoonful of salt; when the water has boiled nearly out and the
rice begins to look soft and dry, turn over it a cupful of milk and
let it simmer until the rice is done and nearly dry; take from the
fire and beat in a well-beaten egg. Eat it warm with cream and sugar.
Flavor to taste.

CUP PUDDING.

Take one tablespoonful of flour, one egg, mix with cold milk and a
pinch of salt to a batter. Boil fifteen minutes in a buttered cup. Eat
with sauce, fruit or plain sugar.

TAPIOCA CUP PUDDING.

This is very light and delicate for invalids. An even tablespoonful of
tapioca, soaked for two hours in nearly a cup of new milk; stir into
this the yolk of a fresh egg; a little sugar, a grain of salt, and
bake it in a cup for fifteen minutes. A little jelly may be eaten with
it.

BAKED APPLES.

Get nice fruit, a little tart and juicy, but not sour; clean them
nicely, and bake in a moderate oven--regulated so as to have them done
in about an hour; when the skin cracks and the pulp breaks through in
every direction they are done and ready to take out. Serve with white
sugar sprinkled over them.

SOFT TOAST.

Toast well, but not too brown, two thin slices of stale bread; put
them on a warm plate, sprinkle with a pinch of salt, and pour upon
them some boiling water; quickly cover with another dish of the same
size, and drain off the water. Put a very small bit of butter on the
toast and serve at once while hot.

IRISH MOSS BLANC MANGE.

A small handful of moss (to be purchased at any drug store), wash it
very carefully, and put it in one quart of milk on the fire. Let the
milk simmer for about twenty minutes, or until the moss begins to
dissolve. Then remove from the fire and strain through a fine sieve.
Add two tablespoonfuls of sugar and half a teaspoonful of vanilla
flavoring. Put away to harden in cups or molds, and serve with sugar
and cream.

A delicate dish for an invalid.

EGG TOAST.

Brown a slice of bread nicely over the coals, dip it in hot water
slightly salted, butter it, and lay on the top an egg that has been
broken into boiling water, and cooked until the whi