roast meats, and in fact are suitable
accompaniments to all kinds of meats in general.

Spinach is the proper accompaniment to veal; green peas to lamb. Lemon
juice makes a very grateful addition to nearly all the insipid members
of the fish kingdom. Slices of lemon cut into very small dice and
stirred into drawn butter and allowed to come to the boiling point,
served with fowls, is a fine accompaniment.

VEGETABLES APPROPRIATE TO DIFFERENT DISHES.

Potatoes are good with all meats. With fowls they are nicest mashed.
Sweet potatoes are most appropriate with roast meats, as also are
onions, winter squash, cucumbers and asparagus.

Carrots, parsnips, turnips, greens and cabbage are generally eaten
with boiled meat, and corn, beets, peas and beans are appropriate to
either boiled or roasted meat. Mashed turnip is good with roast pork
and with boiled meats. Tomatoes are good with almost every kind of
meats, especially with roasts.

WARM DISHES FOR BREAKFAST.

The following of hot breakfast dishes may be of assistance in knowing
what to provide for the comfortable meal called breakfast.

Broiled beefsteak, broiled chops, broiled chicken, broiled fish,
broiled quail on toast, fried pork tenderloins, fried pig's feet,
fried oysters, fried clams, fried liver and bacon, fried chops, fried
pork, ham and eggs fried, veal cutlets breaded, sausages, fricasseed
tripe, fricasseed kidneys, turkey or chicken hash, corn beef hash,
beef croquettes, codfish balls, creamed codfish, stewed meats on
toast, poached eggs on toast, omelettes, eggs boiled plain, and eggs
cooked in any of the various styles.

VEGETABLES FOR BREAKFAST.

Potatoes in any of the various modes of cooking, also stewed tomatoes,
stewed corn, raw radishes, cucumbers sliced, tomatoes sliced raw,
water cress, lettuce.

To be included with the breakfast dishes: oatmeal mush, cracked wheat,
hominy or corn-meal mush, these with cream, milk and sugar or syrup.

Then numberless varieties of bread can be selected, in form of rolls,
fritters, muffins, waffles, corn-cakes, griddle-cakes, etc., etc.

For beverages, coffee, chocolate and cocoa, or tea if one prefers it;
these are all suitable for the breakfast table.

When obtainable always have a vase of choice flowers on the breakfast
table; also some fresh fruit, if convenient.

SALADS.

Everything in the make-up of a salad should be of the freshest
material, the vegetables crisp and fresh, the oi