Foreign Notices : — • Russia. 95 



pared in a common frying-pan, only in that case the batter must be thicker, 

 and they are not so fine. Buckwheat is the most valuable of all grain for 

 general use, and would answer for man as well as for pheasants. An oven, for 

 many purposes, may be made of an iron pot or saucepan, with a cover, by 

 placing it on a moderate fire, and putting live coals over the cover. Should 

 you want anything of me, you know my address ; in the interim, as I hate ap- 

 pearing in print, know me, I beg, as — The Labourer's Friend. 



List of Samples received. 



Wheat, manufactured into manna grits ; price 20 copecks per lb. : used for 

 porridge, with water, or boiled with milk, to the consistence of thick peas- 

 soup : also for making fritters and puddings. 



Wheat manufactured into malt ; price 20 copecks per lb. : used for beer, or an 

 acidulous liquor called quas. 



Rye manufactured into grits j price 20 copecks per lb. : used for porridge 

 with milk. 



Rye manufactured into malt; price 15 and 13 copecks per lb. : used for beer 

 and quas. 



Barley manufactured into grits; price 10 copecks per lb. : used for porridge, 

 and with milk. 



Barley manufactured into flour ; price 10 copecks per lb. : used for bread, 

 pies, fritters, and pancakes. 



Barley manufactured into malt; price 15 copecks per lb.: used for beer and 

 quas. 



Oats manufactured into grits; price 12 copecks per lb. : used for porridge and 

 water-gruel. 



Oats manufactured into flour ; price 20 copecks per lb. : used for fritters and 



jelly. 



Oats manufactured into roasted flour ; price 1 2 copecks per lb. : to eat raw, 

 mixed with quas, or water ; mostly used by labourers in the field. 



Buckwheat manufactured into grits; price 12 copecks per lb.: two qualities, 

 used for porridge ; to be eaten with butter or milk ; and fritters. 



Buckwheat manufactured into Smolenskaia; price 2.3 copecks per lb. : used 

 boiled in milk, and for porridge, fritters, and puddings. 



Buckwheat manufactured into flour; price 16 copecks per lb.: used for frit- 

 ters and pies. 



Millet manufactured into flour; price 12 copecks per lb. : used for porridge, 

 puddings, and fritters. 



Peas, ripe, unbroken ; price 2 copecks per lb. : used for broth or stews. 



Peas, young, green, dried; price 2 copecks per lb. : used at the best tables for 

 soups or stews, or to boil. 



Peas manufactured into flour ; price 15 copecks per lb. : used for fritters, 

 jelly, and puddings. 



Potatoes manufactured into flour ; price 40 copecks per lb. : used for pud- 

 dings and jellies, seasoned with fruit. 



Nut oil; price 120 copecks per lb.: to fry fish with, and eat with porridge 

 during fasts. 



Mustard oil ; price 200 copecks per lb. : used to fry fish with, and for salads. 



Poppy oil ; price 70 copecks per lb. : used to fry fish with, and for salads ; 

 also for other purposes, as, in Russia, butter, during the fasts, is forbidden. 



Dried apples ; price 80 copecks per lb. : used for tarts, to stew, and compots. 



Dried pears ; price 80 copecks per lb. : used for tarts, to stew, &c. 



Dried apricots ; price 1 00 copecks per lb. : used for tarts, to stew, &c. 



Dried cherries, wild ; price, 80 copecks per lb. : used for soup; most excellent 

 . with sugar and spices in tarts. 



Dried strawberries, wild ; price 80 copecks per lb. : used for tarts and pud- 

 dings. 



Dried raspberries, wUd ; price 80 copecks per lb. : used for tarts and 

 puddings. 



