Dishes made without meat

There is undoubtedly a great and growing liking for _maigre_ dishes, not only amongst those people who eat them from religious motives, but amongst the general public. Nowadays...

A favourite kitchen superstition is that which forbids the use of left-over potatoes. For many dishes cooked potato is required. Why then cook fresh potatoes for the purpose and...

Of all the cereals none, I think, yields a better result than corn--known to some people as green, and to others as Indian corn or maize. Freshly cut, boiled, and eaten with sal...

_To Boil._--Macaroni or spaghetti should be boiled in the same way as rice, namely, thrown into boiling salted water, and should never under any circumstances be soaked or place...

_To Boil._--Place the rice in a pan of fast boiling water and be careful to choose one large enough for it. 1 to 1½ oz. of rice should be cooked in a quart pan, which should be...

Slice down some good, rich cheese rather thinly, into a delicately clean stewpan, with some morsels of butter, and 2 or 3 spoonsful of porter, good ale, or new milk as you pleas...

Break two eggs into a basin, season with salt, pepper, minced parsley, and chives, etc., and beat these all together for about 1 minute. Melt 1 oz. of butter in an absolutely cl...

Provided with good oil the next point of importance in a green salad is the condition of the material. If the lettuces, endive, cress or watercress are faded the salad is ruined...