Transcriber's Notes: The spelling and punctuation of the original have been preserved. Obvious punctuation errors and misprints have been corrected. Blank pages have been deleted. Text in Italics is indicated between _underscores_ whereas text in Bold is indicated between =double hyphens=. Text in small capitals has been replaced by regular uppercase text. * * * * * FAST-DAY COOKERY OR MEALS WITHOUT MEAT HOUSEHOLD BOOKS. =HINTS on COOKERY=, and Management of the Table. Translated from the French by MARY HOOPER. Crown 8vo. Price 1s. 6d. =THE ECONOMICAL COOK.= A Book of Recipes for every Season of the Year. By P. O. P. Fcap. 8vo. Price 1s. =WASHING, CLEANING, and REMOVING STAINS.= By an Experienced Housewife. Fcap. 8vo. Price 1s. =CHILDREN.= By I. L. RICHMOND, with a Preface by SARAH TYTLER. Fcap. 8vo, paper. Price 1s. A book for all mothers, being a series of short practical papers on the care and home training of young people; with full directions for nursing them through their ordinary diseases, and teaching them how to preserve their health; also plain instructions how to cater for a family and to prepare their meals, including inexpensive menus for dinner, breakfast, and supper. GRIFFITH FARRAN & CO., LIMITED, LONDON. _And all Booksellers._ FAST-DAY COOKERY OR MEALS WITHOUT MEAT BY GRACE JOHNSON AUTHORESS OF "ANGLO-INDIAN AND ORIENTAL COOKERY" LONDON GRIFFITH FARRAN & CO. NEWBERY HOUSE, 39 CHARING CROSS ROAD 1893 [_The Rights of Translation and of Reproduction are reserved._] PREFACE Encouraged by the kindly manner in which the Press has dealt with my "Anglo-Indian and Oriental Cookery," and at the repeated request of friends, I am writing this little book. In its compilation, I have had in view both the Anglican and Roman communions. There are many who keep the Fasts and Abstinences prescribed by their Church, and there are many more who would do so if their food was served up and cooked in a healthy way. As a rule, fish and vegetables are very little understood in this country, and even in the houses of the better class one sees little else than the eternal boiled and fried fish. As to vegetables, they are out of it altogether. If this be the case where money is no object, how much harder is it for those who are obliged to make the most of everything?