This vegetable is exceedingly useful for flavouring soups, sauces, &c., and makes a very nice addition to winter salad.

May be had all the year; but in spring only useful for flavouring gravies, &c. [Illustration: TURNIPS.]

May be had all the year; but in spring only good for flavouring gravies. VEGETABLES

Many things are suggested for the flavouring of apple pie; some say 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls of beer, others the same quantity of sherry, which very much improve the taste; whilst the old-fashioned addition of a few cloves is, by many persons, preferred to anything else, as also a few slices of quince.

The French use quinces for flavouring many sauces.

INGREDIENTS.9 thin slices of bread and butter, 1-1/2 pint of milk, 4 eggs, sugar to taste, 1/4 lb. of currants, flavouring of vanilla, grated lemon-peel or nutmeg.

The flavouring of this pudding may be varied by substituting for the lemon-rind essence of vanilla or bitter almonds; and it may be made much richer by using cream; but this is not at all necessary.

water, sugar and flavouring, 1 tablespoon sago.

Put into a saucepan with the water and sugar and flavouring to taste.

If tomato pulp is preferred for flavouring instead of parsley, skin the tomatoes and cook slowly to pulp (without water) before adding.

If onions are used for flavouring, steam separately until tender, and add to soup just before serving.

Add three large onions (sliced), unless tomatoes are preferred for flavouring.

cold bran water, flavouring.

A nourishing paste for sandwiches is made by macerating pine-kernels with the "nut butter" attachment of the food chopper, and flavouring with a little fresh tomato juice.

Return to saucepan and add flavouring to taste.

1/4 oz. prepared agar-agar, 1-1/2 pints milk, sugar, flavouring.

1/4 oz. prepared agar-agar, 2 sticks chocolate, 1-1/2 pints milk, 1 tablespoon sugar, vanilla flavouring.

If apples are used, add cloves or a little grated lemon rind for flavouring.

1 pint milk, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon castor sugar, flavouring. Put some thin strips of the yellow part of a lemon rind, or a vanilla pod, in the cold milk.

Add the grated rind of half a lemon for flavouring.

cane sugar, flavouring.

Flavouring may consist of lemon rind, desiccated cocoanut, cooked currants, carraway seed, mace, ginger, etc.

Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, add flavouring and flour.

Stir until the mixture boils, when it should be a smooth brown gravy to which any flavouring may be added.

For flavouring vinegar; also used in salads, soups, and pickles.