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982 carefully with egg and breadcrumbs, and fry in hot fat until lightly browned. Serve with wine or jam sauce.

Time.—To fry the fritters, about 5 minutes. Average Cost, 6d. Sufficient for 1 good dish.

Ingredients.—Slices of stale bread, eggs, and to each one add 2 tablespoonfuls of milk and sugar to taste, butter, castor sugar.

Method.—Remove the crust, and cut the bread into inch-wide strips. Soak them in the milk and egg mixture, drain well, and fry them in hot butter. Roll in castor sugar, and serve piled on a hot dish.

Time.—1 hour. Average Cost, 1 good dish, about 6d., including the butter for frying.

Ingredients.—1 pint of large gooseberries, frying-fat. For the batter: 2 ozs. of flour, 1 white of egg, 2 yolks of eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls of cream, 2 tablespoonfuls of water, a pinch of salt.

Method.—Sift the flour into a basin and add the salt, then the yolks of eggs, cream and water gradually, thus forming a smooth batter. Let it stand for at least 1 hour, stir the stiffly-whisked white of egg, and put in the gooseberries. Take up 2 or 3 at a time by means of a tablespoon, lower them gradually into the hot fat, and withdraw the spoon without separating them. Fry a golden-brown, drain well, sprinkle with sugar, dish up, and serve.

Time.—About 1¼ hours, altogether. Average Cost, 8d. Sufficient for 6 or 7 persons.

Ingredients.—3 tablespoonfuls of flour, the yolks of 4 eggs, the whites of 2 eggs, jam or jelly, frying-fat.

Method.—Stir into the flour sufficient boiling water (about ½ a gill) to form a stiff smooth paste. Let it cool, then break in the eggs, and beat thoroughly. Fill a dessertspoon with the mixture, form a cavity, fill it with jam or jelly, and afterwards cover completely with the mixture. Fry in hot fat, drain well, and serve immediately.

Time.—Altogether, about ½ an hour. Average Cost, 5d., exclusive of the jam. Sufficient for 5 or 6 persons.