74 GARDENING 



RECIPES FOR COOKING 

 Onions a la Don Carlos 



Take a Spanish onion, and cut a thick sHce from the 

 base, parboil it, then throw it into cold water, dry it, and 

 scoop out the inside, and fill it with a mixture of pork 

 sausage-meat and mashed potatoes in equal parts, mixed 

 together with the yolk of an tgg ; have ready a small piece 

 of boiled ham, and place under the onion ; add a good 

 brown gravy, and serve hot. 



Onion a I'Etoile 



Take a large onion, core it with the column cutter, then 

 cut it down within two inches of the bottom in divisions like 

 an orange, so that it has somewhat the appearance of a star. 

 Make a mince of beef or mutton, flavour it highly, and fill 

 in the onion with it ; tie the onion round in its original form 

 until it is cooked, to prevent the mince falling out ; and 

 when it is cooked cut the string, and dish up with brown 

 celery sauce round it. 



Onions Cornish Fashion 



Boil some onions, chop them up, add half their bulk of 

 mashed potatoes, and a fair proportion of butter, salt, 

 pepper, and finely chopped parsley. Mix all well together, 

 and put into a baking dish, and when it is quite hot serve 

 immediately. 



PARSLEY 



This is a biennial, a native of Sardinia, and was 

 known in England prior to 1 548. 



Parsley is much more difficult to grow well than 

 most people imagine, and good, deep, rich soil is 



