Order all ingredients for the dinner, except the smelts, to be delivered.

Prepare stock for soup. Make the custard for it and leave the shapes in a basin in a little weak stock. Make the pastry for the mince-pies. Make the cheese pastry for the straws, but do not cut them out. Make the orange jelly.

Cheese straws A. Ullyett

Cheese straws A. Ullyett

See that plenty of crumbs are ready for the croquettes.