an oyster dipped in butter
and then in bread crumbs before roasting. They are also very nice
broiled.

ROAST QUAIL.

Rinse well and steam over boiling water until tender, then dredge with
flour, and smother in butter; season with salt and pepper and roast
inside the stove; thicken the gravy; serve with green grape jelly, and
garnish with parsley.

TO ROAST PARTRIDGES, PHEASANTS, QUAIL OR GROUSE.

Carefully cut out all the shot, wash thoroughly but quickly, using
soda in the water; rinse again, and dry with a clean cloth. Stuff them
and sew them up. Skewer the legs and wings to the body, larder the
breast with very thin slices of fat salt pork, place them in the oven,
and baste with butter and water before taking up, having seasoned them
with salt and pepper; or you can leave out the pork and use only
butter, or cook them without stuffing. Make a gravy of the drippings
thickened with browned flour. Boil up and serve in a boat.

These are all very fine broiled, first splitting down the back,
placing on the gridiron the inside down, cover with a baking tin, and
broil slowly at first. Serve with cream gravy.

GAME PIE.

Clean well, inside and out, a dozen small birds, quail, snipe,
woodcock, etc., and split them in half; put them in a saucepan with
about two quarts of water; when it boils, skim off all scum that
rises; then add salt and pepper, a bunch of minced parsley, one onion
chopped fine, and three whole cloves. Cut up half a pound of salt pork
into dice, and let all boil until tender, using care that there be
enough water to cover the birds. Thicken this with two tablespoonfuls
of browned flour and let it boil up. Stir in a piece of butter as
large as an egg; remove from the fire and let it cool. Have ready a
pint of potatoes cut as small as dice, and a rich crust made. Line the
sides of a buttered pudding dish with the crust; lay in the birds,
then some of the potatoes, then birds and so on, until the dish is
full. Pour over the gravy, put on the top crust, with a slit cut in
the centre, and bake. The top can be ornamented with pastry leaves in
a wreath about the edge, with any fancy design placed in the centre
across the slit.

_Rockaway Beach._

SNOWBIRDS.

One dozen thoroughly cleaned birds; stuff each with an oyster, put
them into a yellow dish, and add two ounces of boiled salt pork and
three raw potatoes cut into slices; add a pint of oyster liquor, an
ounce of butter; salt and pepper; c