— stuffed.—Prepare the tomatoes as for
tomates gratinées, removing the pips and pulp with
a silver spoon, and set these cases on a well-buttered
baking dish. Mix the pulp, freed from pips, with
breadcrumbs or cooked rice, minced or grated ham,
tongue, or any meat, finely-minced shallot, thyme,
marjoram, parsley, pepper, and salt, and fill the
cases with this mixture, piling it up well, shake a
little salad oil, or put some morsels of butter over
each, and bake for a few minutes. If liked, mush-
rooms may be used instead of meat, whilst anchovies,
capers, truffles, etc., can one and all be used as
you please. The proportions are two tablespoonfuls
of freshly-made white breadcrumbs and a teaspoonful