make out the dinner.
What say you? a _pasty_! it shall and it must,
And my wife, little Kitty, is famous for crust.
"What the de'il, mon, a pasty!" re-echoed the Scot.
"Though splitting, I'll still keep a corner for that."
"We'll all keep a corner," the lady cried out;
"We will all keep a corner!" was echoed about.
GOLDSMITH.

Cut a neck or breast into small steaks, rub them over with a seasoning
of sweet herbs, grated nutmeg, pepper and salt; fry them slightly in
butter. Line the sides and edges of a dish with puff paste, lay in the
steaks, and add half a pint of rich gravy, made with the trimmings of
the venison; add a glass of port wine, and the juice of half a lemon or
teaspoonful of vinegar; cover the dish with puff paste, and bake it
nearly two hours; some more gravy may be poured into the pie before
serving it.

ROAST BEEF.

And aye a rowth, a _roast beef_ and claret:
Syne wha wad starve!
BURNS.

The noble sirloin of about fifteen pounds will require to be before the
fire about three and a half to four hours; take care to spit it evenly,
that it may not be heavier on one side than on the other; put a little
clean dripping into the dripping-pan (tie a sheet of paper over to
preserve the fat); baste it well as soon as it is put down, and every
quarter of an hour all the time it is roasting, till the last half hour;
then take off the paper and make some gravy for it. Stir the fire, and
make it clear; to brown and froth it, sprinkle a little salt over it,
baste it with butter, and dredge it with flour; let it go a few minutes
longer till the froth rises, take it up, put it on the dish, and serve
it.

BEEF A LA BRAISE.

In short, dear, "a Dandy" describes what I mean,
And Bob's far the best of the gems I have seen,
But just knows the names of French dishes and cooks,
As dear Pa knows the titles and authors of books;
Whose names, think how quick! he already knows pat,
_A la braise_, petit pates, and--what d'ye call that
They inflict on potatoes? Oh! maitre d'hotel.
I assure you, dear Dolly, he knows them as well
As if nothing but these all his life he had eat,
Though a bit of them Bobby has never touched yet.
I can scarce tell the difference, at least as to phrase,
Between _beef a la Psyche_ and _curls a la braise_.
MOORE.

Bone a rump of beef, lard it very