Vegetable Goose.

Put 2 teacupfuls crumbs in basin and pour boiling water or milk over.  Let soak for a little, then press out as much moisture as possible.  Add dessertspoonful grated onion, teaspoonful chopped parsley, pinch herbs or mace, salt, white pepper, 1/2 teaspoonful “Extract,” and some mushroom ketchup.  Mix all well, and add a beaten egg to bind.  If too stiff add a little milk, stock, or gravy.  Put in flat well-buttered baking-tin, and bake for about an hour, basting occasionally with butter or vegetable fat.  Serve with fried tomatoes or any suitable sauce.

Celery Souffle.

This is exceedingly good if nicely made and served.  Clean 1/2 lb. white crisp celery and cut small.  Simmer in enamel pan or steam with as little milk as possible till tender, then boil rapidly to reduce the liquid.  Rub through a sieve and set aside to cool.  Beat 1 oz. fresh butter to a cream and add yolks of 2 eggs, one at a time, beating well in, also barely 1 oz. grated cheese and seasoning to taste.  Mix well.  Beat whites of 3 eggs quite stiff and mix in very lightly.  Butter souffle tin and tie band of buttered paper round, to come 2 inches above the rim.  Fill in mixture—­not more than three-fourths full, and steam very gently in barely an inch of water for 1 hour.  Turn out on very hot dish and serve immediately, or slip off paper band and pin hot napkin round.  If allowed to stand any time it will be quite flat before serving.  A rather daintier if more troublesome way is to fill small souffle cases three-fourths full with the above mixture.  Sprinkle a little grated Parmesan cheese and celery, salt on the top, and bake in hot oven 10 minutes.  Arrange tastefully on hot napkin.

NOTE.—­Very dainty souffle cases are now to be had in white fluted fire-proof china.  These can come straight to table without any trouble of swathing with napkins, paper collars, and the like.

Celery Cream

is another delicacy well suited to a special occasion.  Prepare and cook celery as for souffle, drain and rub through sieve.  Have enamelled or earthenware saucepan on the table, rub the bottom with a little butter, and break in 2 large eggs or 3 small ones.  Season with white pepper, celery salt, lemon juice, mace, &c., and beat slightly.  Take 1/2 gill cream and same of milk, drained from the celery, and add to eggs, &c.  Place over a slow fire, or better still, a gas stove turned low, and stir till the mixture thickens, but it must not boil, then add the celery and mix.  Have one large timbale mould or 8 to 10 small ones well buttered, fill in with the cream, cover with buttered paper, and steam very gently till set—­30 minutes if large mould—­10 minutes if small ones.  If a large one turn out and fill in centre with tomatoes, mushrooms, &c.  If small ones arrange round ashet with baked tomatoes, spinach, green peas, &c., in the centre of the dish.