GRAPES.
CHICKEN BOUILLON.
CODFISH STEAKS. LOBSTER SAUCE.
BAKED SPAGHETTI WITH OYSTERS.
PRAIRIE CHICKEN WITH CURRANT JELLY.
BROWNED POTATOES.
TOMATO AND WALNUT SALAD. Cheese Crackers.
FROZEN WATERMELON.
COFFEE.
Although this is rather an elaborate menu, there is no sherbet in it on
account of the watermelon, which is better if no other frozen dish is
used with it.
The spaghetti is prepared exactly as when cooked with cheese; that is,
it is stewed till tender, washed in cold water to remove the starch, and
laid in a dish in layers with seasoning, oysters, and white sauce, and
baked till brown. This is more easily managed if bread crumbs are put on
top with butter, and small dishes or ramekins are used.
The watermelon is to be scooped in large spoonfuls from the rind, the
seeds removed, and the melon laid in a freezer with powdered sugar and a
little sherry, and the freezer put in a cool place packed with ice and
salt for at least five hours.
When country houses are rather far apart, it is often convenient to go
from one to another on one's wheel, in spite of the fact that bicycling
is no longer in high favour. Still, so long as wheels are so useful they
will continue to be used, and just so long