This is a favorite dish in the writer’s family, having been sent many years ago from Italy by a friend who had learned its composition from her Italian cook.  Its name was bestowed by the children of the house.  One large cup of chopped meat; two onions minced and fried brown in butter; a pint of cold boiled macaroni or spaghetti; a pint of fresh or cold stewed tomatoes; one teaspoonful of salt; half a teaspoonful of white pepper.  Butter a pudding dish, and put first a layer of macaroni, then tomato, then meat and some onion and seasoning, continuing this till the dish is full.  Cover with fine bread crumbs, dot with bits of butter, and bake for half an hour.  Serve very hot.

DEVILED HAM.

For this purpose use either the knuckle or any odds and ends remaining.  Cut off all dark or hard bits, and see that at least a quarter of the amount is fat.  Chop as finely as possible, reducing it almost to a paste.  For a pint-bowl of this, make a dressing as follows:—­

One even tablespoonful of sugar; one even teaspoonful of ground mustard; one saltspoonful of cayenne pepper; one spoonful of butter; one teacupful of boiling vinegar.  Mix the sugar, mustard, and pepper thoroughly, and add the vinegar little by little.  Stir it into the chopped ham, and pack it in small molds, if it is to be served as a lunch or supper relish, turning out upon a small platter and garnishing with parsley.

For sandwiches, cut the bread very thin; butter lightly, and spread with about a teaspoonful of the deviled ham.  The root of a boiled tongue can be prepared in the same way.  If it is to be kept some time, pack in little jars, and pour melted butter over the top.

BONED TURKEY.

This is a delicate dish, and is usually regarded as an impossibility for any ordinary housekeeper; and unless one is getting up a supper or other entertainment, it is hardly worth while to undertake it.  If the legs and wings are left on, the boning becomes much more difficult.  The best plan is to cut off both them and the neck, boiling all with the turkey, and using the meat for croquettes or hash.

Draw only the crop and windpipe, as the turkey is more easily handled before dressing.  Choose a fat hen turkey of some six or seven pounds weight, and cut off legs up to second joint, with half the wings and the neck.  Now, with a very sharp knife, make a clean cut down the entire back, and holding the knife close to the body, cut away the flesh, first on one side and then another, making a clean cut around the pope’s nose.  Be very careful, in cutting down the breastbone, not to break through the skin.  The entire meat will now be free from the bones, save the pieces remaining in legs and wings.  Cut out these, and remove all sinews.  Spread the turkey skin-side down on the board.  Cut out the breasts, and cut them up in long, narrow pieces, or as you