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Drawn Butter
From Original White House Cookbook, 1887
Serves 4
Avoid high heat to prevent oiliness.
Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 98. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
DRAWN BUTTER. Melted butter is the foundation of most of the common sauces. Have a covered saucepan for this purpose. One lined vv^ith porcelain w^ill be best. Take a quarter of a pound of the best fresh butter, cut it up, and mix ’with it about one tablespoonful . of flour. When it is thoroughly mixed, put it into the saucepan, and add to it half a teacupful of hot ’water
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