FRENCH SOUP.
1 small onion chopped fine, 1 oz. of cheese shredded fine, 1 slice of dry toast, 3/4 pint of water, a little milk, pepper and salt to taste. Break up the toast, and set all the ingredients over the fire; cook till the onion is tender, add 1/2 gill of milk, and serve.
VEGETABLE PIE.
1/2 lb. potatoes, peeled and cut in pieces, 1/2 Spanish onion chopped up, 1 tomato, 1/2 oz. butter, pepper and salt, some paste for crust. Stew the potatoes and onion in a little water; when tender, cut up the tomato and mix it in, season and add the butter; place the vegetables in a small pie-dish, cover with paste, and bake 1/2 hour or until golden brown.
CHOCOLATE PUDDING.
1/2 oz. ground rice, 1/2 pint milk, 1 teaspoonful N.F. cocoa, a little vanilla, sugar to taste, and 1 egg. Boil the rice in the milk for 5 minutes, let it cool a little, mix in the egg, well-beaten, cocoa, sugar, and vanilla. Pour the mixture into a small pie-dish, and bake for 20 to 30 minutes.
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SORREL SOUP.
1 potato, 1 small onion, 1 good handful of sorrel washed and chopped fine, a little butter, pepper and salt, 1/2 pint water, 1 gill milk. Peel, wash, and cut up the potatoes and onion, boil in the water till tender, and rub through a sieve. Return the mixture to the saucepan, add the milk, sorrel, butter, and seasoning. Simmer gently for 10 minutes, and serve.