1.—Italian Tongue.

Boil a beef tongue until tender; skin and slice thin. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. Add 1 chopped onion and 2 cloves of garlic minced fine. Stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until brown; add a little water, 1 cup of tomato-sauce, 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms, lemon-juice, salt and pepper to taste. Let boil. Add the sliced tongue, and 1/2 glass of sherry wine. Simmer ten minutes. Serve with baked macaroni.

2.—German Prune Pudding.

Cook 1 pound of prunes in a large saucepan with sliced lemon, a piece of stick cinnamon and brown sugar. Soak 1/2 loaf of bread in water; press out dry. Add 3 eggs, 1/4 teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves and allspice. Add flour sifted with a teaspoonful of baking-powder. Make into a large roll; place in the centre of the prunes; cover with brown sugar and a tablespoonful of molasses and put in the oven to bake until done. Serve hot or cold.

3.—Swiss Pot Roast.

Season a breast of veal with salt, pepper and ginger. Heat a cupful of dripping; lay the meat in the stew-pan with the dripping, 1 onion, some celery seed, carroway seed, a few peppercorns and parsley. Cover and let stew slowly until nearly done; then add 1 cup of tomato-sauce and cook slowly until tender. Serve with baked potatoes.

4.—Mushrooms a la Bordelaise.

Drain 1 can of mushrooms; chop 6 shallots very fine and sautÉ in 1 tablespoonful of butter. Add the chopped mushrooms; sprinkle with salt, pepper, some chopped parsley and 1 minced bay-leaf. Let cook ten minutes with 1/2 glass of sherry wine. Serve hot on slices of French toast.

5.—Turkish Soup.

Season and fry some lamb chops; add 2 green peppers sliced thin, 1 onion chopped and an herb bouquet. Then cook 1/2 cup of barley in 1 quart of soup stock until tender. Pour all together and let cook until meat is very tender. Serve hot.

6.—Scotch Omelet.

Boil young tender leeks in salted water; let drain. Chop to a fine mince and fry in hot butter. Add 6 well-beaten eggs, sprinkle with salt and pepper and fold into an omelet and serve on a hot dish.

7.—Jewish Egg Bread.

Soak some matzoths in milk for a few minutes; then dip them into seasoned beaten eggs. Add a pinch of sugar and let them fry in hot rendered butter until a golden brown. Sprinkle with pulverized sugar and cinnamon and serve hot with coffee.

8.—Bombay Broiled Kidney.

Clean sheep's kidneys and cut into thin slices. Sprinkle with salt, cayenne pepper and grated lemon peel. Then dip in beaten egg and fine bread-crumbs and broil on a hot greased gridiron. Serve on buttered toast, spread with curry paste.

9.—German Prune Kuchen.

Boil some prunes until tender. Remove the kernels and mash the prunes well. Mix with sugar, cinnamon and lemon-juice to taste. Make a rich biscuit dough, roll out and place on a well-buttered baking-pan. Fill with the prunes and let bake until done. Serve cold.

10.—French Roast with Carrots.

Lard a round of beef with slices of bacon and put in a large saucepan. Cover and let brown a few minutes. Add sliced onion and boiling water to cover. Let cook slowly until tender; then scrape 6 carrots and cut thin; add 2 sliced onions, 2 cloves of garlic and let cook until tender. Thicken with butter and flour. Season highly with salt, pepper and parsley; add to the meat, and let all cook together a half hour and serve hot.

11.—Spanish Fried Chicken.

Cut a fat hen into pieces at the joints and boil until tender; season and fry with 1 onion and 2 green peppers chopped fine. Add 1 cup of tomato-sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Serve the chicken on a platter with boiled rice.

12.—Hungarian Bread Pudding.

Chop 1/2 cup of suet. Mix with 1/2 loaf of stale bread that has been soaked and pressed dry. Add 1 cup of chopped apples, 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of chopped raisins and nuts. Sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg and grated lemon peel; then mix with the yolks of 4 eggs and the whites beaten stiff. Put in a well-buttered pudding-dish, and let bake until done. Serve hot with wine sauce.

13.—Swedish Baked Turnips.

Peel small tender turnips; heat 1 tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan. Place the turnips in whole, sprinkle with salt and pepper; add a tablespoonful of sugar. Pour over a cup of water; cover and let cook for one hour until tender but not broken. Thicken the sauce with flour and milk. Add a little water and set in the oven a half hour, covered with paper; then serve.

14.—Belgian Baked Bananas.

Skin fine bananas and lay them whole in a baking-dish. Sprinkle with sugar and grated lemon peel. Add the juice of 1 orange, 1/2 lemon and 1/2 glass of sherry wine. Let bake in a quick oven. Put the bananas in a glass dish and pour over the sauce. Let get cold and serve.

15.—Japanese Rice.

Boil 1 cup of rice; add 3 chopped shallots, 1 teaspoonful of soy and salt to taste. Place on a platter, cover with chopped hard-boiled eggs, sprinkle with salt, paprica and chopped parsley. Garnish with some thin slices of smoked salmon.

16.—Scotch Loaf Cake.

Mix 1/2 pound of butter with 1/4 pound of sugar, 1/2 cup of chopped nuts and 1/2 cup of shredded citron; then work in 1 pound of sifted flour with 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Make a loaf a half inch thick and bake in a moderate oven until done.

17.—English Meat Loaf.

Chop cooked veal and boiled ham; place in a well-greased mold alternate layers of veal, ham and hard-boiled eggs. Sprinkle with pepper, mace and chopped parsley. Moisten with beef-stock and let bake in the oven. Serve cold, sliced very thin, garnished with watercress.

18.—Jewish Purim Cakes.

Beat 1 cup of sugar with 1/2 cup of butter to a cream; add 2 beaten eggs, a pinch of salt, 1/2 cup of milk and the grated peel of 1/2 lemon. Add enough sifted flour with 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder to make a soft biscuit dough. Put on a well-floured baking-board. Roll out a half inch thick. Cut into triangles and drop in a kettle of hot rendered butter; fry until a golden brown. Then mix some powdered sugar with a little milk and flavor with vanilla. Spread on the top.

19.—Swiss Pie.

Make a rich pie-dough. Line a buttered pie-dish with the dough; then slice three onions very thin and let cook in hot butter until tender; add a pinch of salt. Fill the pie with the onions, cover the top with cream and let bake in a moderate oven until done. Serve hot or cold.

20.—French Apple Fritters.

Peel and slice large apples; sprinkle with sugar and lemon-juice and make a rich egg batter. Sweeten to taste and flavor with 2 tablespoonfuls of orange-flower water. Lay the sliced apples in the batter and fry in deep hot lard to a golden brown. Serve with wine sauce.

21.—Jewish Purim Torte.

Line a well-buttered baking-dish with a rich pie-paste. Then mix 1 cup of fine poppy-seeds with the yolks of 5 eggs and 1/2 cup of sugar, some chopped raisins and nuts and the juice of 1/2 lemon. Add the whites beaten stiff; then fill with the mixture and let bake until done.

22.—English Boiled Pudding.

Mix 1/2 pound of butter with 1/2 pound of powdered sugar to a cream. Add the yolks of 6 eggs beaten, 1/2 cup of seeded raisins and some chopped citron, a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix in 1/2 pound of sifted flour and 1/2 teaspoonful of baking-powder. Add the whites, beaten to a stiff froth; put in a buttered pudding-mold, and let boil until done. Serve with brandy sauce.

23.—German Stewed Brains.

Clean the brains. Heat 1 tablespoonful of drippings in a pan; add the brains, 1 sliced onion, some parsley, salt and pepper. Let stew fifteen minutes. Thicken the sauce with butter and flour; let boil up. Serve hot with spinach and sprinkle all with chopped hard-boiled eggs.

24.—Scotch Cream Muffins.

Sift 1 pint of flour with 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder; beat three yolks of eggs with a pinch of salt; add 1 pint of cream and 1 tablespoonful of melted butter. Stir in the flour; add the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Beat all well together. Fill the muffin-rings 1/2 full and bake in a quick oven for twenty minutes.

25.—French Tart.

Make a rich pie-dough. Line a large pie-dish with the paste and bake. Take 3 ounces of almonds and pound to a paste; add 3 tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter, 1/2 teaspoonful of cinnamon and the yolks of 2 eggs well beaten with 1 tablespoonful of rum. Add the beaten whites; fill the pie and bake in a moderate oven. Then make a glacÉ. Mix 1 ounce of granulated sugar with 1 tablespoonful of cold water and let come to a boil. Put on the pie when cool and serve.

26.—Polish Stewed Beans.

Break string-beans into pieces and let boil in salted water until tender; then heat 1 tablespoonful of butter; stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until brown. Add the water in which the beans were cooked, 1/2 cup of vinegar, 1 tablespoonful of brown sugar, some cinnamon and cloves to taste. Let sauce boil. Add the beans and simmer ten minutes. Serve hot with a beef pot roast.

27.—Vienna Milk Rolls.

Sift 1-1/2 quarts of flour; add 1/2 teaspoonful of salt; work in a large tablespoonful of butter; then stir in 1/2 cup of milk with a piece of yeast dissolved in the milk and a teaspoonful of sugar. Beat all up well with 1 pint of milk; let raise over night. Roll out an inch thick; cut with a biscuit-cutter; rub with melted butter; lay in a buttered baking-pan; let raise one hour; then bake in a hot oven twenty minutes.

28.—Scotch Potato Stew.

Cut the potatoes into small dice pieces and fry in hot lard. Then fry 1 onion cut fine in hot butter, but do not brown; stir in some flour; then add milk, salt, pepper and parsley. Let boil up once and add the potatoes to the sauce. Let all get very hot and serve.

29.—Jewish Dumplings.

Soak 6 crackers in water; then press dry. Fry 1 chopped onion in butter and pour over the crackers. Add 3 eggs and chopped parsley; sprinkle with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix all with some cracker-meal until you can form into balls and boil in salted water until done. Serve hot with melted butter poured over them, and garnish with parsley.

30.—Italian Soup.

Chop some cabbage and let fry in 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add 1/2 cup of rice (dry) and 1 clove of garlic chopped with 1/2 small onion. Let fry a few minutes; then add 2 quarts of soup-stock seasoned with salt, white pepper and a little saffron to taste. Add 1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese; let all cook until done. Serve with toasted croutons.