Observations.

All meat pies require a hotter and brisker oven than fruit pies, in good cookeries, all raisins should be stoned.—­As people differ in their tastes, they may alter to their wishes.  And as it is difficult to ascertain with precision the small articles of spicery; every one may relish as they like, and suit their taste.

Apple Pie.

Stew and strain the apples, to every three pints, grate the peal of a fresh lemon, add cinnamon, mace, rose-water and sugar to your taste—­and bake in paste No. 3.

Every species of fruit such as peas, plums, raspberries, black berries may be only sweetened, without spices—­and bake in paste No. 3.

Currant Pies.

Take green, full grown currants, and one third their quantity of sugar, proceeding as above.

A buttered apple Pie.

Pare, quarter and core tart apples, lay in paste No. 3, cover with the same; bake half an hour, when drawn, gently raise the top crust, add sugar, butter, cinnamon, mace, wine or rose-water q:  s: 

PUDDINGS.

A Rice Pudding.

One quarter of a pound rice, a stick of cinnamon, to a quart of milk (stirred often to keep from burning) and boil quick, cool and add half a nutmeg, 4 spoons rose-water, 8 eggs; butter or puff paste a dish and pour the above composition into it, and bake one and half hour.

No. 2.  Boil 6 ounces rice in a quart milk, on a slow fire ’till tender, stir in one pound butter, interim beet 14 eggs, add to the pudding when cold with sugar, salt, rose-water and spices to your taste, adding raisins or currants, bake as No. 1.

No. 3. 8 spoons rice boiled in a quarts milk, when cooled add 8 eggs, 6 ounces butter, wine, sugar and spices, q:  s:  bake 2 hours.

No. 4.  Boil in water half pound ground rice till soft, add 2 quarts milk and scald, cool and add 8 eggs, 6 ounces butter, 1 pound raisins, salt, cinnamon and a small nutmeg, bake 2 hours.

No. 5. A cheap one, half pint rice, 2 quarts milk, salt, butter, allspice, put cold into a hot oven, bake 2 and half hours.

No. 6.  Put 6 ounces rice into water, or milk and water, let swell or soak tender, then boil gently, stirring in a little butter, when cool stir in a quart cream, 6 or 8 eggs well beaten, and add cinnamon nutmeg, and sugar to your taste, bake.

N.B.  The mode of introducing the ingredients, is a material point; in all cases where eggs are mentioned it is understood to be well beat; whites and yolks and the spices, fine and settled.

A Nice Indian Pudding.

No. 1. 3 pints scalded milk, 7 spoons fine Indian meal, stir well together while hot, let stand till cooled; add 7 eggs, half pound raisins, 4 ounces butter, spice and sugar, bake one and half hour.

No. 2. 3 pints scalded milk to one pint meal salted; cool, add 2 eggs, 4 ounces butter, sugar or molasses and spice q. f. it will require two and half hours baking.