4-6 even sized tomatoes                                                ‡ small onion

3 tablespoonsful finely chopped bacon or ham           1oz butter

2 or 3 tablespoonsful breadcrumbs                               seasoning

Cut round off top of tomatoes and remove the pulp. Melt the butter in frying pan. Chop and fry the onion until almost cooked. Add the ham and cook well together. Add sufficient breadcrumbs to absorb the fat. Season well. Fill tomatoes with the mixture, but not too tightly. Sprinkle brown crumbs on the top and replace the top of tomato. Place in greased tin, cover with greased paper, and cook in moderate oven until hot. About 20-30 minutes. Serve on croutons of bread.

Apple Sponge Pudding (Mrs F. W. Jackson)

1 lb cooking apples                     1 egg

2 oz sugar                                     6oz flour

3‡ oz butter or margarine          ‡ teaspoonful baking powder

4 oz castor sugar.

Peel and cut the apples, place in a pie dish, and add 2ozs sugar. Beat the butter and 4oz of sugar into a cream, add the egg, well beaten, a little at a time. Mix the flour and baking powder together and beat thoroughly with the butter etc. Spread the mixture over the apples. Serve with hot custard. Time to bake about 50 minutes in a medium oven.

A recipe for a day (Mrs J. Boocock)

A little drop of water, cold

A little leaven of prayer

A little bit of morning gold

Dissolved in the morning air

Add to your meal some merriment,

And a thought for kith and kin,

And then as your prime ingredient,

A plenty of work thrown in.

But season it all with the essence of love.

And a little whiff of play,

Let the grand "Old Book" and a glance above

Complete a well-made day.