Instead of yolk of egg, in a dressing, cheese may be used, with good results, either cream cheese--_not_ the poor stuff made on straws, but what are known as "napkin," or "New Forest" cheeses--or Cheddar. Squash it well up with oil and vinegar, and do not use too much. A piece of cheese the size of an average lump of sugar will be ample, and will lend a most agreeable flavour to the mixture. _Roman Salad_ Lucullus and Co.--or rather their cooks--had much to learn in the preparation of the "herbaceous meat" which delighted Sydney Smith. The Romans cultivated endive; this was washed free from "matter in the wrong place," chopped small--absolutely fatal to the taste--anointed with oil and _liquamen_, topped up with chopped onions, and further ornamented with honey and vinegar. But before finding fault with the conquerors of the world for mixing honey with a salad, it should be remembered that they knew not "fine Demerara," nor "best lump," nor even the beet sugar which can be made at home. Still I should not set a Roman salad before my creditors, if I wanted them to have "patience." An offer of the very smallest dividend would be preferable. _Italian Salad._ The merry Italian has improved considerably upon the herbaceous treat (I rather prefer "treat" to "meat") of his ancestors; though he is far too fond of mixing flesh-meat of all sorts with his dressed herbs, and his boiled vegetables. Two cold potatoes and half a medium sized beet sliced, mixed with boiled celery and Brussels sprouts, form a common salad in the sunny South; the dressing being usually oil and vinegar, occasionally oil _seule_, and sometimes a _Tartare_ sauce. Stoned olives are usually placed atop of the mess, which includes fragments of chicken, or veal and ham. _Russian Salad._ This is a difficult task to build up; for a sort of Cleopatra's Needle, or pyramid, of cooked vegetables, herbs, pickles, etc., has to be erected on a flat dish. Carrots, turnips, green peas, asparagus, French beans, beetroot, capers, pickled cucumbers, and horse-radish, form the solid matter of which the pyramid is built. Lay a _stratum_ on the dish, and anoint the _stratum_ with _Tartare_ sauce. Each layer must be similarly anointed, and must be of less circumference than the one underneath, till the top layer consists of one caper. Garnish with bombs of caviare, sliced lemon, crayfish, olives, and salted cucumber; and then give the salad to the policeman on fixed-point duty. At least, if you take my advice. _Anchovy Salad._ This is usually eaten at the commencement of dinner, as a _hors d'oeuvre_.