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Say to "Mrs. Cook," "here is some corn- 

 flour, Cook ; make a hatter pudding of it." She 

 will at once declare it to he impossible ; " Quite 

 " impossible, ma'am ! I never saw such a thing 

 " in my life." If she have a little sense, and 

 particularly if she be saving money to get married, 

 and is given to understand that you mean to 

 have the pudding made, and properly made, 

 she will be converted by the end of the week, 

 especially if you give a hint, that though 

 she is a very good cook, and though you like 

 her extremely well, ycu must have the pud- 

 dings. Of course, 1 mean that the corn- 

 flour in these cases of batter puddings, ground 

 rice })uddings, and Yorkshire puddings, and also 

 of suet puddings, if you make them with plums, 

 is, to have its share of eggs honestly allowed it ! 

 I am not pretending, or contending that the 

 corn-flour contains eggs within itself; and there- 

 fore I must strongly protest before hand, against 

 " Mrs. Cook" leaving out the eggs, or any part 

 of them, and putting them by from her natural 

 desire, which she so rigidly carries into practice, 

 to spare the purse of her m.aster ! No, no, let 

 us have our due share of the eggs, and we shall 

 have better puddings ; I say better ; I repeat the 

 word better expressly, and I will abide by the 

 judgment of any ten women who are worthy to 

 be entrusted with the management of a family. 



