Boiled Onions

Ingredients

• six Spanish onions
• one half teaspoonful of salt
• two ounces of butter
• one ounce of flour
• one half pint of milk
• one gill of cream
• one salt-spoonful of pepper
• one lump of soda the size of a pea

Method

1. 1

   Skin the onions and soak them overnight in boiling water with dissolved soda.

2. 2

   Boil in cold water for 15 minutes, drain, add salt, and boil for another 30 minutes.

3. 3

   Melt butter, stir in flour, then milk, add cream, and season.

4. 4

   Drain onions, place in a dish, pour sauce over, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Onions. — Take six Spanish onions, one half tea- spoonful of salt, two ounces of butter, one ounce of flour, one half pint of milk, one gill of cream, one salt-spoonful of pepper, one lump of soda the size of a pea

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