Lobster Soup.

Ragout of Roast Pig.

Sweet Potatoes.

Puree of Canned Peas.

Cabbage Salad.

Rice Pudding Meringue.

Lobster Soup

1 can of preserved lobster; 2 anchovies; 1 onion; 1 quart of milk; bunch of sweet herbs; grated rind of half a lemon; pinch of soda, stirred in the milk; 3 tablespoonfuls of butter rolled in flour; 1 quart of water; pepper and salt; 2 raw eggs.

Put sliced onion, anchovies, chopped herbs, lemon-peel and the can-liquor on in the water, and boil down to a pint. Strain, put in the chopped lobster meat, with pepper and salt. Heat to a boil; stir in the floured butter; simmer fifteen minutes and pour into the tureen. Add the milk - boiling hot - in which have been cooked for two minutes two beaten eggs. Send around sliced lemon and crackers with this soup.

Ragout Of Roast Pig

Slices of cold roast pig; the rest of the can of mushrooms opened on Wednesday; 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; 3 beaten eggs; 1 cupful of gravy or stock; juice and grated peel of half a lemon; chopped parsley, cayenne, salt and mace to taste.

Put gravy and mushrooms into a saucepan; heat to boiling, put in the butter rolled in flour; cut the slices of pig of nearly equal size; rub over with pepper, salt, mace, and lemon-peel; put them into the gravy and make very . hot, but do not boil. Stir in the beaten eggs and lemon juice; simmer three minutes and pour into a dish lined with crustless slices of fried bread.

Puree Of Canned Peas

Boil the peas soft in hot salt water; drain, and pulp through a colander into a saucepan. Add a great spoonful of butter rolled in flour; three tablespoonfuls of milk or cream, a little sugar, pepper and salt. Simmer five minutes - stirring constantly - and pour out.

Sweet Potatoes

See Sunday, First Week in December.

Cabbage Salad

See "Cold Slaw," Saturday, First Week in December.

Rice Pudding Meringue

1 quart of fresh milk; 1 cup of raw rice; 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; 1 cup of sugar; 4 eggs; grated peel of 1/2 lemon; a little mace and cinnamon.

Soak the rice in the milk three hours, then heat in a farina-kettle, and simmer tender. Cream butter and sugar, add the beaten yolks and one beaten white, and when the rice has cooled a little, beat all together with the seasoning. Bake about forty minutes in a buttered pudding-dish. When firmly set, cover with a meringue made of three whisked whites beaten up with a little sugar and lemon-juice.