... vegetables. He can carry the truffle with him to Spttzbergen, and from Nantes he can be supplied with ortolans and foie eras and asparagus. It is only just that anhonourablefact shouldbe recordedofthe house whose case I am describing. Some years ago, when the ...

... trcnbhing of ground as it becomes vacant, :end during the prevel- once of dry wyeather keep it eell forked. The young plants of asparagu.s xwill now bee ready fur planting in beds, which it is hopedl hive been kept well prepared ; let the roots be c:irefully ...

... make up for the increase of the greeng-rocer'.s, and yet to preserve the reputation Of MY cook and myself as providers. Asparagus, spinach, early cabbages, and delicious lettuces are now in season, the only dabc being their price, which in London is terrible ...

... ladies, however, were shocked to see him cut melon with a knife, but reject both knife and fork for teeth and fingers when asparagus was served to him. And it was with shuddering emotion they watched him prepare for himself that terrible mess, still in favour ...

... Ought to have been here a week ago by rights; Every- thing is too far on this year. I used to mike a point of never cutting asparagus till the first of May up in these northern latitudes, but we have been rejoicing in it for two days, and all the gooseberries ...

... cutting up the euds of cooked asparagus, salting and peppering them, then putting them in an omelet made in the wusal way. The remains of cold boiled asparagus may be served with mayonnaise, and will be found very good. Asparagus soup is nicely flavoured clear ...

... licacy; the bonne o ouche of the repast, but it is a rare thing for the English to eat any vegetable by itself excepting asparagus. What can be more appetising however than a good dish of peas cooked in the French way and served alone after the joint, ...

... delicate as maccaroni, and never so excellent as at this period of the year, for later they grow cabbagy), globe artichokes, asparagus, spinach, Batavian endive, cc; and French lettucer, and no one knows what besides. I wonder if it has occurred to any of ...

... epicures have been known to acquire for asparagus. In the seven- teenth century there lived two individuals, Fontenelle, a scientific writer, and Cardinal Dubois, a politican. Both were passionately fond of asparagus, but Fontonelle liked it with oil, and ...

... appreciated, and when house- keepeis want a dainty dish they procure tinned apricots peaches, pears, or pineapple; or tinned asparagus, peas, or haricots verts, as a matter of course. As at this festive sea- son of the year, sweet dishes are ia great request ...

... cultivated for more than 2,000 year Am0ng these are the radish, carrot, madder, beet, garlic, yams. cress, celery, lettuce, asparagus, leeks, lucern, indigo, mulberries, citrons, oranges, cherries, plume, peas, kidney beans, rye, oats, p-rpic, mrustard, cotton ...

... with other colours. If 'preferred, the rails outside the holy table may be decorated with the tall, feathery, foliage ot asparagus, and touched up here and there with small bunches of scarlet geraniums. Too mich greenery spoils that brilliant and giooirg ...