A teaspoonful of made mustard is sometimes stirred in, and gives an excellent flavor to a pot of baked beans.

Double the quality if the family is large, as they keep perfectly well in winter, the only season at which so hearty a dish is required, save for laborers.
BROILED AND FRIED MEATS.
If the steak is tender, never pound or chop it.

If there is much fat, trim it off, or it will drop on the coals and smoke.

If tough, as in the country is very likely to be the case, pounding becomes necessary, but a better method is to use the chopping-knife; not chopping through, but going lightly over the whole surface.

Broken as it may seem, it closes at once on the application of a quick heat.
The best _broiler_ is by all means a light wire one, which can be held in the hand and turned quickly.