An American Recipe

Required : Half a pound of cheese.

Half a teaspoonful of salt.

A quarter of a teaspoonful of pepper.

Half a pint of milk.

Six poached eggs.

Six rounds of buttered toast. • (Sufficient for six.)

Put the milk on the fire in an enamelled or bright saucepan. Grate the cheese, and when the milk boils add it with the salt and pepper. Stir the mixture over the fire till the cheese is melted.

Have ready some neatly trimmed rounds of hot buttered toast. Carefully coat each round with some of the cheese mixture, and then place a neatly poached egg on the top. Dust the eggs with a little pepper, and serve them as quickly as possible. Cost, 1s. 3d.

Cheese aigrettes. A delicious cheese savoury, quite simple to prepare and inexpensive