4 bananas.
Juice of 2 lemons.
1-1/2 cup sugar.

Dissolve the gelatine in the water, add the sugar and lemon juice,
strain and pour over the oranges and bananas, which have been peeled
and sliced and placed in alternate layers in a mould. Set away to
cool. When needed, turn out and serve. Garnish with Malaga grapes,
cherries, currants, or any suitable fruit.

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CEREALS.

All cereals require thorough cooking, because of the starch in them,
also to soften the woody fibre. No matter what the cereal product may
be, it should be cooked not less than three-quarters of an hour, and
better if cooked longer.


OATMEAL PORRIDGE.

1 pt. of boiling water.
1/2 cup of oatmeal.
1/2 tsp. salt.

Be sure to have the water boiling. Sprinkle in the oatmeal slowly,
stirring all the time. Add the salt, and move back or set in a vessel
of boiling water where it will cook gently for 1 hour. Do not stir the