When tender, remove the skins, slice, and serve with cream or an egg sauce prepared as directed for Parsnips with Egg Sauce.

One might suppose that in a time of famine the Paiutes digged wild parsnip in meadow corners and died from eating it, and so learned to produce death swiftly and at will.

Put the parsnips into the stewpan with the butter, which has been previously melted, and simmer them till quite tender.

The interval lies on the river, and is a most fertile soil, annually matured by the overflowing of the river, and produces crops of all kinds with little labour, and vegetables in the greatest perfection, parsnips of great length etc.'

CAULIFLOWER WITH EGG SAUCE.Steam the cauliflower until tender, separate into small portions, dish, and serve with an egg sauce prepared as directed for parsnips on page 244.

CREAMED PARSNIPS.Bake or steam the parsnips until tender; slice, add salt if desired, and a cup of thin sweet cream.