TO-DAY'S DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1081, 21 March 1911, Page 9

TO-DAY'S DINNER.

(Specially written for Tnis Dominion.) TUESDAY. Steak ailrl oyster pudding. Potatoes. Hashed turnips. Banana fritters. Treaclo tart. STEAK AND OYSTER PUDDING. Half a pound of flour, quarter pound of suet, one level teasnoonful of baking powder, a pinch of salt, two pounds oi steak, two dozen oysters, one dessertspoonful of flour, one teasuoonful of salt, Quarter teaspoonful of [iepper. Shred and chop the suet. Mix the flour, suet, baking powder, and salt together. Make a well, and mix to a stiff paste with cold water. Turn on to a floured board, work out the cracks, and roll out about quarter-inch thick. Greaso a pudding basin, and line it with this crust. Cut the steak into small pieces. Mix the flour, pepper, and salt together, and roll the steak in it. Beard the oysters, and cut them in half. Put the steak and oysters into the pudding basin, and half fill it with water. with the rest of the crust. Tie down tightly and boil for four hours. Turn out and serve. FOR TO-MORROW. Firs pounds neck of mutton, curry powder, chutney, peaches. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL, A Morning Tea. A great many farewell teas have been given lately for those who have left, or aie nbout to leave, for England, and yesterday morning a very enjoyable tea was given by Mrs. Gray for Mrs. Bristow and her daughters. Mrs. Gray wore a ver.i pretty white frock, and a black toque with an osprey plume fastened by an irridescent buckle. Mrs. Bristow was in dark blue costume, and a black hat with roses. Miss Bristow had on a grey frieze costume, and a grey hat to match, while her sister was in a pale green frieze coal and skirt, and a hat of the same colour. Another guest who is leaving very short ly on a trip to England was Mrs. Ander son, who wore a mauve Paisley dress ani hat of the samo shade. Songs were contributed by Dr. Platts-Mills and Mrs. F M. B. Fishe.". and a pianoforte solo bj Mrs. Dean. Some of those present wer< Mrs. Vennell, Mrs. Millward "(Wanganui) Mrs. W. 11. Millward, Mrs. Fulton, Mrs ind Miss Dean, Mrs. and the Missoi, (one, Mrs. Salniond, Mrs. Chatfield, Mrs. 3uriiett, Mrs. and Miss Knox, Mrs. T. iVard, Mrs. Ponsonby, Mrs.- Birkett, ifrs. C. Tully, - Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Ifoung, Miss Simpson, Sirs.' Samuel, tlrs. D. Robertson, and Mrs. Field.

Mdlle. Antonia Dolores is tlie guest of Mrs. J. Prouse, at "Oricklewood," Clifton Terrace. White travelling irom Nelson , to Blenheim, Mdlle. Dolores was fortunate enough to see "Pelorus Jack, - ' a celebrity'that she had been most anxious to view. As a matter of fact, it iv'aa 1 for that reason that she took the sea in- i stead of tho overland route to Blenheim. ; Mr. Francis Shaw, an old settler of tho ] Miistertun district,- accompanied by Miami Mrs. F. Hood and their daughter, j is leaving on a visit to England by tho : Corinthic on 'Thursday. Jlr. Shaw is : ■ seventy-seven years of age, and has been in the Dominion for thirty-six years. J Mr. Charles .T. Royle (Consul-General for Paraguay) and Mrs. Koyle, of Wal> roonga, New South .Wales, are visitin? ; Wellington, and are staying at the Grand Hotel. Lady Lockhurt, from Auckland, is visit- , ing. Wellington, and -is-staying-at~tbe- ' Grand Hotel. She leaves in a day or two for Nit0i...... . . ■. .. Mrs. G. I!. DjII is leaving Wellington this week on a. coaching tour of the . West , Coast in the South Island. She will tie" away '-in four or five weeks and will spend a considerable part of tho time m Cbrist;!iur:h. Mrs. M. Meredith, who, during a brief visit to Wellington, was the guest -t" her sister, Mrs. .Ogilvie-Grant, returned ■to Masterton on - Saturday evening. -, Mrs.G. Johnston and her mother, Mrs. • .Pl«miug, of.Wellington, are visiting re'atives in Garterti-n. Mrs. Cole, New Zealand president of ■ the W.C.T.Ii., with tho .southern officers and delegates, arrived in Wellington on Saturday morning, en route to New Plymouth, and will proceed by this morning's express train to attend the annual convention. Mrs. Boxall, president, and Mrs. j. S. Houlder will represent the Wellington. District "Union. Colonel Roberts, >".2.0., and Miss Roberts, of Tauranga,. are on a visit to , Napier. Colonel and Mrs. Moore, of Waihaha, Taupo, who have been spending a short time in Napier, returned to their on Saturday. Sir. and Mrs. C. Nairn, of Pourerere. Ha wire's Bay, have returned from a visit , to England, and are staying in Napier at present. 1 ■' Mrs. West, accompanied by the Misses West, leaves on a visit to Rotorua very shortly. ' Jlr., Mrs., and Miss Henderson (Auckland) are staying at the Occidental Ho- • tel, and leave on Thursday by tho Corinthic for England. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Strang (Wairarapa) aro in town, and are staying at the Occidental Hotel. i Mrs. Wardrop, who has been visiting friends in New Zealand, is tho guest of Miss Tolhurst, and returns to Sydney within a week or two. , Miss Darney and Miss Cochrane (Palm- ' erston North) are staying at the Occidental , Hotel. Miss Smilh, daughter of Mr. Amelius Smith, of Wellington, who has been seriously ill at Rotorua with .typhoid fever, - is now out of danger, though it will be , ~~ some days before she will "be", strong ' enough to leave her bed.