o inch pieces two pounds of the neck of beef, (cost
twelve cents,) brown them quickly in one ounce of drippings, (cost one
cent,) season them with pepper and salt, put them into a pudding dish
in layers with one cents' worth of chopped onion, and one quart of
potatoes, (cost three cents,) peeled and sliced; add enough cold water
to cover the beef and vegetables, and put over them a crust made of one
pound of flour, (cost four cents,) and quarter of a pound of lard, (cost
three cents,) put it for fifteen minutes into a hot oven, and then bake
for an hour and a half in a moderate one. It will cost less than
twenty-five cents, and be an abundant meal.

=Baked Heart.=--Thoroughly wash a beef's heart, (cost ten cents,) stuff it
with half a loaf of stale bread, (cost two cents,) moistened with warm
water and seasoned with one teaspoonful of salt, quarter of a
teaspoonful each of pepper, chopped parsley and sweet herbs, an onion
chopped, and one ounce of sweet drippings (cost of all these two cents;)
lay it in a dripping pan with five cents' worth of parsnips scraped and
washed, and bake in a moderate oven about two hours. It may be baked in
an earthen jar, like the oxtail stew, and all its goodness will be
saved.

Parsnips are exceedingly nutritious and cheap, but if they are not liked
potatoes may be substituted for them.

The entire dinner with bread and butter will cost about twenty-five
cents.

=Stewed Kidneys and Potatoes.=--Wash one quart of potatoes, (cost three
cents,) pare off one ring from each, and put them to boil in well salted
boiling water. Choose a very fresh beef's kidney, (cost fifteen cents,)
cut it in thin slices, removing all the white vessels and membranes, fry
it quickly for five minutes in one ounce of smoking hot drippings, (cost
one cent,) season it with half a teaspoonful of salt, and quarter of a
teaspoonful of pepper, a teaspoonful each of chopped parsley, onion, and
vinegar; shake into it from the dredging box one tablespoonful of flour,
add one pint of boiling water, and boil gently for fifteen minutes. By
this time the potatoes will be done, and both dishes must be served at
once, because the kidneys will grow tough and indigestible if they are
cooked more than twenty minutes in all. They will make a plentiful
dinner, including bread and butter, for about twenty-five cents.

=Pig's Kidneys= may be cooked in the same manner, and enough can be bought
for ten cents to make a good sized dish.