Beat 1 egg until very light, stir into it 1 cup of sugar, and when blended add 3 tablespoons of boiling water and cook over boiling water for five minutes, adding 1 wineglass of brandy during the last two minutes' cooking. NUN'S BUTTER Beat 1/2 cup of butter until creamy, and add slowly to it 1 cup of powdered (or granulated) sugar. Add 1 tablespoon of vanilla, lemon, or brandy, and a sprinkling of grated nutmeg. MINCE PIE Bake 3 large apples, and press them through a sieve to remove skins and cores; grate the rinds from 3 lemons, and add this and the juice of the lemons to the apple pulp; wash, pick over, and bruise in a mortar 1 cup of currants; stone 2 cups of raisins, and cut them in slices. Mix these all well together, chop into them 1 cup of butter (or cocoanut butter), a little salt, 4 cups of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of candied lemon peel, 1 tablespoon of candied citron, and 1 tablespoon of candied orange peel, all well minced, and after stirring well, add 2 tablespoons of orange marmalade and 1/2 cup of good brandy. Put in sealed glass jars, cover with wax or brandied paper before the jar is closed, and use for pies in two weeks. "Wilt thou draw near the Nature of the gods? Draw near them in being merciful. Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge." Shakspere. MENUS Menus in a cook-book are perhaps not always worth the space devoted to them, but as the beginner in Vegetarianism often finds the arranging of a menu in such a way that it does not depart too far from the accustomed manner of serving food the most difficult part of the task she has set herself, a few menus are here given, more with an idea of showing what dishes are most suitable as Entremets, Piecès de Resistance, and Entrées, than with the thought that they will be followed absolutely, for they can of course be changed in many ways, and very much simplified for ordinary use, and amplified for formal occasions. THANKSGIVING DINNER FRESH MUSHROOM COCKTAIL PIMOLAS CELERY ... CREAM OF ARTICHOKES CRACKERS RADISHES ... ASPARAGUS IN DUTCH BUTTER ... MICHAELMAS LOAF MASHED POTATOES ROAST SWEET POTATOES CRANBERRY SAUCE BAKED CELERY ... TOMATO SALAD WITH MAYONNAISE ... FROZEN CRANBERRY PUNCH MINCE PIE PUMPKIN PIE NUTS AND RAISINS FRUIT COFFEE CHRISTMAS DINNER PIMENTO COCKTAIL OLIVES