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Brown Sauce

From The household cook book, 1902

Serves 2

Color with caramel; serves as a foundation for many sauces.

Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BROWN SAUCE. — Fry 1 tablespoon of chopped onion in 1 tablespoon of butter; let this brown, but not burn, and then add 1 heaping tablespoon of flour; stir thoroughly and then add (a little at a time) 1 cup of hot stock

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