-Cut quarter of a pound of fat pork or bacon, (cost
four cents,) into pieces half an inch square; put it in the bottom of a
pot with two sliced onions, (cost one cent,) and fry ten minutes without
burning; season with two teaspoonfuls of salt, one of sugar, and one
saltspoonful of pepper; (cost of seasoning one cent;) then add three
quarts of cold water, and one pint of peas, (cost five cents,) and boil
the whole gently until the peas become quite soft; then stir in enough
oatmeal to thicken, about a quarter of a pound, (cost two cents or
less;) simmer for twenty minutes, and then eat hot. It is the healthiest
kind of a meal, and costs thirteen cents, or less.

=Peas-Pudding.=--Soak one pint of dried peas, (cost five cents,) in cold
water over night; tie them loosely in a clean cloth, and boil them about
two hours in pot-liquor or water, putting them into it cold and bringing
them gradually to a boil; drain them, pass them through a sieve with a
wooden spoon, season them with a level tablespoonful of salt, half a
saltspoonful of pepper, one ounce of butter, and one egg, (all of which
will cost five cents,) mix, tie in a clean cloth, and boil half an hour
longer; then turn it from the cloth on a dish, and serve hot. This
receipt makes a good large pudding for ten cents; or you can leave out
the egg and it will cost less.

=Peas and Bacon.=--Put one pound of bacon, (cost twelve cents,) to boil in
two and a half quarts of cold water, with one pint of dried peas, (cost
five cents;) when the peas are soft, drain them, press them through a
sieve, lay them neatly on a flat dish, place the bacon on them, and set
them in the oven to brown. Meantime strain any water which may remain
after boiling them, and thicken it over the fire with Indian meal, in
the proportion of four or five tablespoonfuls to each pint, so as to
make it thick enough to cut and fry when cold; boil it about one hour,
and then cool it.

As soon as the peas and bacon are brown, serve them with boiled potatoes
or bread, (about five cents' worth of either;) they make a good dinner,
and with the hasty pudding, cost only about twenty-five cents.

=Baked Peas.=--Proceed as directed for peas-pudding, only instead of
putting the peas again in the cloth put them in a pudding-dish, and
brown them in the oven. A large dish costs only ten cents.

=Peas and Onions.=--Proceed as directed for peas pudding, omitting the
egg, and substituting for it an onion chopped and f