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and reduce again over a sharp fire, till you think the whole will be quite 

 firm wnen cold (or like glaze); put them into a white earthen pot; when 

 cold, cover them with writing-paper dipped in brandy; pour over some 

 warm hog's lard, and cover all over with a bladder tied quite tight ; a small 

 piece added to a little gravy or melted butter will make an excellent sauce 

 for cutlets or chops. 



Tomatas quite plain. Reduce as before, only be more careful in evapor- 

 ating the water from them, rub them through a tammy, put them when cold 

 into fruit bottles ; they must be corked very tight, and tied down ; put the 

 bottles nearly up to the cork into cold water, over a gentle fire, till they 

 boil, then set th'em on one side till cold, take them out and dip the cork in 

 good cement of bees-wax, rosin, &c. 



This may be used in making sauce for cold meat, or as above, by adding 

 strong gravy. It is intended, of course, to save the glaze. 



Tomatas with Gravy. This is simply stewing your tomatas in a little good 

 gravy, till quite tender, keeping them whole, drain them on a sieve, dish 

 them up, and pour a little half glaze, and a tea-spoonful of vinegar mixed 

 with it, quite hot, over them 



Tomatas may likewise be put into vinegar as a pickle. 



Towit of Tomatas. Take a pint of the tomatas, add a pound of fine 

 sugar, reduce it in the same way as a jam, add the juice of a lemon; this 

 makes a very good towit. 



Tomatas as dried Fruit. The pulp may be reduced ; say a pint with a 

 pound of fine sugar, till quite stiff"; pour it on your tin ; it must be dried 

 in a stove ; when nearly dry, cut it into what shape you please, it does for 

 ornament in the dessert. 



Art. XI. Cottage Economy. 



Under this head we mean to include such notices as we consider will be 

 useful to the lowest classes of housekeepers, and to the cultivators of 

 cottage gardens. We invite the gardeners of country gentlemen to send 

 us hints for this department, and to contribute, as far as opportunity and 

 the consent of their employers permits, to the increase of the comforts 

 and ornaments of their cottage gardens in the neighbourhood, by distribut- 

 ing such seeds and plants as they know are suitable. We also invite our 

 female readers to contribute hints for the in-door economy of cottagers. 

 We particularly wish to be able to furnish some improved plans and ele- 

 vations of cottages, for which, especially in Scotland and Ireland, there is 

 the greatest necessity. We invite young architects to turn their atten- 

 tion to the subject, and send us something at once commodious and 

 handsome; something better than those square two-celled boxes, which 

 are often set down as lodges ; or the miserable sheds that are some- 

 times fitted up as gardeners' dwellings. In the present exhibition of 

 architectural drawings in Somerset-house there are abundance of palaces 

 and villas, but not a single labourer's cottage ; plenty of impracticable and 

 extravagant ideas, but a great Want of " common objects, improved by 

 genius, art, and taste." 



It has been suggested to us, that pastors of congregations might mate- 

 rially assist us in this part of our labours; we earnestly invite clergymen 

 of every denomination to do so, both among their flocks, and by sending 

 us such hints as may suggest themselves; and not the least useful will be 

 " hints for the moral conduct of cottagers." Want of room prevents us 

 from iaying more at present. 



