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Maitre d' Hotel Butter

From The household cook book, 1902

Serves 8

Served with meat or boiled fish.

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.

Maitre d' Hotel Butter — Melt a teacup of butter in a sauce^panj stir into it a tablespoon of corn-starch, then a pint of hot water; stir well so that it will be smooth. Add the strained juice of a lemon, a saltspoon of cayenne; salt to taste and add 2 large spoons of chopped parsley

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