FOOTNOTES:

[A] The author would add a small proportion of water to the pieces of fat. It facilitates the melting process, preserves the color, and will all evaporate in cooking.

[B] The addition of the slice of pork is quite indispensable for veal chops en papillote, but it is often omitted when the chops are of mutton.

[C] If the fowls are not tender, add a little water, and stew them slowly until they are.—Ed.

[D] The macaroni may be boiled in stock.

[E] The brandy, wine, or lemon-juice may be omitted if preferred.

[F] Francatelli used three oblong tin pans, three inches deep, instead of plates, the under and upper pans serving to hold the pounded ice.—Ed.

[G] Four cupfuls of sifted flour are a pound; one cupful of lard or butter is half a pound.

[H] If fresh lemons can not be obtained, the extract of lemon may be used. Do not let the pies remain in the tins.

[I] Five or six minutes will suffice for baking them.—Ed.