hat is thoroughly chilled. Press the cover down over a paper, and
pack in equal parts of ice and salt. Let stand an hour. Before serving,
remove the paper, sprinkle the tops with buttered crumbs, browned, and
serve at once.

=Cheese Croquettes.=

(TOURAINE.)

INGREDIENTS.

3 tablespoonfuls of butter.
1/4 a cup of flour.
2/3 a cup of milk.
Yolks of 2 eggs.
1 cup of mild cheese, cut in small cubes.
1/2 a cup of grated Gruyere cheese.
Salt and cayenne to taste.

_Method._--Make a sauce of the butter, flour and milk; add the yolks,
slightly beaten, and beat thoroughly; add the grated cheese, and, when
melted, remove from the fire; add the seasonings and cubes of cheese.
Spread in a shallow pan to cool. Cut in any shape desired, dip in
crumbs, then in egg, and again in crumbs; fry in deep fat and drain on
brown paper.

=Cheese Aigrettes.=

INGREDIENTS.

1/2 a cup of water.
1/4 a cup of butter.
1/2 a cup of flour.
2 eggs, with yolk of a third.
A few grains of cayenne and salt.
2 ounces (1/4 a cup) of grated Parmesan cheese.
Hot fat.

_Method._--Boil the water and butter, sift in the flour with the salt
and cayenne; stir and cook until the mixture cleaves from the side of
the pan. When the mixture has slightly cooled, add the eggs, one at a
time, beating in each egg thoroughly before another is added. Lastly,
add the cheese. Drop, by teaspoonfuls, into hot fat and fry a golden
brown. Drain on soft paper and serve piled on a folded napkin.

=Cheese d'Artois.=

INGREDIENTS.

2 tablespoonfuls of butter.
White of 1 egg.
Yolks of 2 eggs.
Salt and paprica.
2 ounces of grated Parmesan cheese.
1/4 a pound of plain or puff paste.

_Method._--Cream the butter, beat in the eggs, and add the cheese with a
few grains, each, of salt and paprica. Roll the pastry very thin and cut
it into two rectangular pieces; lay one of these on a baking-sheet and
spread with the cheese mixture; cover this with the second piece of
pastry. Score with a knife in strips one inch wide and about three
inches long, brush over with beaten egg, and bake about fifteen minutes.
Cut out the strips while hot. Serve at once, or reheat before serving.

=Cheese Fritters.=

Slice thin half a dozen large tart apples (select apples that cook