Macaroni with conserva di pomi d'oro is an Italian delicacy. The conserva is, as may readily be supposed, a regular jam made by reducing a good quantity of the purée aforesaid in a saucepan over the fire, stirring it without ceasing until it attains the consistency of thin paste. This, well seasoned with salt and pepper, may be preserved in bottles, and if securely corked and waxed, will keep well. During their season tomatoes are sometimes to be had so cheaply that the home making of tomato conserve might often be economical. To assist in pre-serving the composition safely a little sugar should be blended with the salt, and the bottling should be deferred till all signs of effervescence have subsided. A spoonful or two of the pre-serve, thinned with a very little stock, and with a pat of butter worked into it, would thus at all times be handy for use in