so, also, is a little minced onion.

Have ready some cold boiled potatoes sliced thin. Spread over the
meat, a layer of potatoes, and a small piece of butter; then
another layer of meat, seasoned, and then a layer of potatoes, and
so on till the dish is full and heaped up in the middle, having a
layer of meat on the top. Pour in a little water.

Cover the pie with a sheet of paste, and trim the edges. Notch it
handsomely with a knife; and, if you choose, make a tulip of
paste, and stick it in the middle of the lid, and lay leaves of
paste round it.

Fresh oysters will greatly improve a beef-steak pie. So also will
mushrooms.

Any meat pie may be made in a similar manner.


INDIAN PUDDING.

A pound of beef-suet, chopped very fine.
A pint of molasses.
A pint of rich milk.
Four eggs.
A large tea-spoonful of powdered nutmeg and cinnamon.
A little grated or chipped lemon-peel.
Indian meal sufficient to make a thick batter.

Warm the milk and molasses, and stir them together. Beat the eggs,