Parsnip (Panais) à la crème.—Peel some nice fresh parsnips, wash them well, and with a vegetable cutter scoop them out in ball or olive shapes, using only the outer part of the vegetable; now place these in a stewpan, in sufficient cold salted water to cover them, add a squeeze of lemon juice, and bring it all to the boil; then strain and place the balls in a stewpan with 2oz. of fresh butter (for a good sized dish), add a gill of cream, and the same of very good béchamel sauce, season with coralline pepper and salt, cover with a buttered paper, put the lid on the pan, and let it all cook gently for thirty to thirty-five minutes; sprinkle with a little finely minced parsley and the juice of half a lemon, turn out on a hot dish, and serve very hot.