chicken soup.


Cymlings, or Squashes.

In cultivating this vegetable, the small bunch cymling is the best, as
it takes so little room in the garden, and comes soon to maturity; if
they are so hard that a pin will not run in easily, they are unfit for
use. Boil the cymlings till soft; cut them open, and take out the seeds;
put them in a colander, and mash them; when the water is drained off,
put them in a small pot, and stew them with cream and butter for ten
minutes; just as you dish them, season with pepper and salt. If boiled
with salt meat, they require but little seasoning.


Pumpkins.

Young pumpkins resemble cymlings, when cooked in the same way. When they
are ripe, they should be pared and cut up, and boiled till soft in a
good deal of water; take them up as soon as they are done, or they will
soak up the water; mash them and season them with salt, pepper and
butter. They are good to eat with roast or boiled beef.


To Bake Pumpkins.

The long striped pumpkin, with a thick long neck, called by some potato
pumpkin, is the best for baking; cut it up in slices, leaving on the
rind; put it in a dutch-oven or dripping-pan, and let it bake an hour
with a quick heat. Where sweet potatoes cannot be had, pumpkins make a