ey will be good for several years: the air will soften them. The
pickle will be equal to ketchup, when the walnuts are used.--Another
way. Put the walnuts into a jar, cover them with the best vinegar cold,
and let them stand four months. Then, pour off the pickle, and boil as
much fresh vinegar as will cover the walnuts, adding to every three
quarts of vinegar a quarter of a pound of the best mustard, a stick of
horseradish sliced, half an ounce of black pepper, half an ounce of
allspice, and a good handful of salt. Pour the whole boiling hot upon
the walnuts, and cover them close: they will be fit for use in three or
four months. Two ounces of garlic or shalot may be added, but must not
be boiled in the vinegar. The pickle in which the walnuts stood the
first four months, may be used as ketchup.

PICTURES. The following simple method of preventing flies from sitting
on pictures, or any other furniture, is well experienced, and if
generally adopted, would prevent much trouble and damage. Soak a large
bunch of leeks five or six days in a pail of water, and wash the
pictures with it, or any other piece of furniture. The flies will never
come near any thing that is so washed.

PIE SAUCE. Mix some gravy with an anchovy, a sprig of sweet herbs, an
onion, and a little mushroom liquor. Boil and thicken it with butter
rolled in flour, add a little red wine, and pour the sauce into the pie.
This serves for mutton, lamb, veal, or beef pies, when such an addition
is required.

PIES AND TARTS. Attention should be paid to the heat of the oven for all
kinds of pies and tarts. Light paste should be put into a moderate oven:
if too hot the crust will not rise, but burn: if too slack, the paste
will be heavy, and not of a good colour. Raised paste should have a
quick oven, and well closed. Iced tarts should be done in a slack oven,
or the iceing will become brown before the tarts are baked.

PIGEONS. In order to breed pigeons, it is best to take two young ones at
a time; and if well looked after, and plentifully fed, they will breed
every month. They should be kept very clean, and the bottom of the
dove-cote be strewed with sand once a month or oftener. Tares and white
peas are their proper food, and they should be provided with plenty of
fresh water. Starlings and other birds are apt to come among them, and
suck the eggs. Vermin likewise are their enemies, and frequently destroy
them. If the brood should be too small, put am