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bacon, until a small pie-dish is full ; cover with a crust 

 of pastry or mashed potatoes, and bake gently for three- 

 quarters of an hour. If with potato crust, brown nicely 

 before a quick fire. 



Deliciosus Pudding. Cut the agaric into small pieces ; 

 add similar pieces of bacon, pepper, and salt, and a little 

 garlic or spice; surround with crust, and boil three- 

 quarters of an hour 



Fried Deliciosus. Fry in slices, properly seasoned 

 with butter, or bacon and gravy ; and serve up hot with 

 sippets of toast. A steak in addition is a great im- 

 provement. 



Morchella esculent a (the Morel). 



Every one knows the Morel that expensive luxury 

 which the rich are content to procure at great cost from 

 our Italian warehouses, and the poor are fain to do with- 

 out. It is less generally known that this fungus, though 

 by no means so common with us as some others (a cir- 

 cumstance partly attributable to the prevailing ignorance 

 as to when and where to look for it, or even of its being 

 indigenous to England), occurs not unfrequently in our 

 orchards and woods, towards the beginning of summer. 

 Roques reports favourably of some specimens sent to him 

 by the Duke of Athol ; and others, from different parts 

 of the country, occasionally find their way into Covent 



