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O hour of all hours, the most pleasant on earth,

Happy hour of our dinners!—Meredith.

Soup rejoices the stomach, and disposes it to receive and digest other food.—Brillat Savarin.

It is important that we relish the food we eat.—Christian Temperance.

Soup is easily prepared, economical, and when made from healthful materials, is a very wholesome article of diet. It adds much to the elegance and relish of a dinner, and, if taken in small quantities, is a good means of preparing the whole system to assimilate a hearty meal.

Soups afford an excellent opportunity for using left-over foods which might otherwise be wasted. A combination of vegetables left over from the previous day, such as a cupful of mashed potatoes, some stewed peas, beans, or lentils, a few spoonfuls of boiled rice, stewed tomatoes, or other bits of vegetables or grains, if in good order, make a very palatable and nourishing soup. The vegetables should be put all together in a saucepan with enough water to cover them, let simmer for an hour or two, then rubbed through a colander, and returned to the saucepan with sufficient water added to make the soup of proper consistency, reheated, seasoned, and served.

For seasoning soup, a few spoonfuls of cream, or a little butter or nut butter may be used, though, if properly made, it is quite relishable without.

We wish all our readers success with the following simple but delicious kinds.