Nice Dishes at Little Cost.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 202, 28 August 1886, Page 3

Nice Dishes at Little Cost.

Bice Cakes - Mix together equal weight of breadcrumbs, boiled rice, and fat meat or bacon (cooked) finely minced ; then add lean meat, double the weight of the f&t. Any kind will do, though perhaps nothing is nicer thrn under-done beef; veal, _if stuffed, is also good. Season nicely with aalt, pepper, a grate of nutmeg, some chopped parsley, and a very little cooked onion or Bhalot if at hand. Just moisten with a little good stock, or the yolk of a raw egg, then shape them round oval, about a quarter inch thick, and fry, or brown in a hot oven. Garnish with fried parsley. Cooked macaroni, cut into very small pieces, may take the place of the rice : indeed, practised cooks may make quite a variety under the same name. A nice dieh, certain to be a popular one with the male members of a family, is this. Indian Toast.—Make!some hot buttered toast, and spread a Bmall quantity of curry paste ovor each slice, and noxt a tiny bit of anchovy or shrimp paßte. In many houses the remains of a tin, being unpresentable, will be thrown away ; this dish if it becomes a standing one, will prevent the waste of a particle ; and, as a further inducement to try it, we can assure our readers that it is a favourite "sßack" at several clubs. To proceed ; while the toast is being prepared, have in the oven two or three sardines, boned, spread with butter, and seasoned with cayenne and lemon-juice ; as soon ac hot through, lay them on the toast and serve. Tho half or whole of a nicelycooked bloater can be so dished for a change,—"Cassoll's Magazine,"

A paper eayß of tbe air, in its relations to men : " It kisses and blesses him, but will not obey him." Blibbs Bays that description suits his wife exactly.

There was a littlo disagreement at a picnick near St. Louis, United States, on July 17, and the result was that three young men had their throats cut, and were left dead on tho ground.

"Please take half of this apple," said a pretty damsel to a witty swain the other evening. "No, I thank you ; I would prefer a better half!" Amelia blushed and referred him to "papa."