STEWED FRUIT PUDDING.—­Take a deep, square or oblong granite-ware or earthen dish; cut strips of stale bread uniformly an inch in width and three fourths of an inch in thickness, and place them in the mold with spaces between them equal to their width.  Or, fit the strips around the bottom of a round, earthen pudding dish, like the spokes of a wheel, with stewed or canned fruit, sweetened to taste; whortleberries are best, but apricots, cherries, currants, strawberries, and gooseberries may all be used.  Separate the juice from the berries by turning them into a colander.  Fill the interstices between the bread with hot fruit, using just as little juice as possible.  Cover with another layer, this time placing the strips of bread over the fruit in the first layer, and leaving the spaces for fruit over the bread in the first layer.  Fill the dish with these layers of fruit and bread, and when full, pour over all the hot fruit juice.  Put a plate with a weight on it on the top to press it firmly.  Dip off any juice that may be pressed out, and set the pudding in the refrigerator to cool and press.  When cold, it will turn out whole, and can be cut in slices and served with whipped cream or cocoanut sauce.

STRAWBERRY MINUTE PUDDING.—­Cook a quart of ripe strawberries in a pint of water till well scalded.  Add sugar to taste.  Skim out the fruit, and into the boiling juice stir a scant cup of granulated wheat flour previously rubbed to a paste with a little cold water; cook fifteen or twenty minutes, pour over the fruit, and serve cold with cream sauce.

SWEET APPLE PUDDING.—­Pare, core, and slice enough ripe, juicy sweet apples to fill a pint bowl.  Heat a quart of new milk to scalding in a double boiler.  Pour it hot over one cup of good granulated cornmeal, and beat very thoroughly to remove all lumps.  Return to the double boiler, and cook until the meal is set.  The batter then should be about the consistency of corn mush.  Remove from the fire, add a pint of cold milk, stir in the sliced apples, one third of a cup of sugar or molasses, and a teaspoonful of flour rubbed smooth in a very little milk.  Turn all into a deep earthen crock or pudding dish, and bake slowly from three to four hours, stirring frequently the first hour.  It should be moderately browned on top when done.  Serve warm or cold.

WHORTLEBERRY PUDDING.—­One quart of new milk, one quart of fine bread crumbs, two quarts of fresh whortleberries, one or two tablespoonfuls of sugar.  Heat the milk to boiling; fill a pudding dish with alternate layers of bread crumbs and berries, beginning and ending with crumbs.  Add the sugar to the milk, let it dissolve, and pour the whole over the pudding.  Cover closely, and bake in a slow oven within a pan of hot water nearly an hour.  Serve warm with cream or cocoanut sauce.

DESSERTS WITH TAPIOCA, SAGO, MONICA, AND SEA MOSS.