Stewed Onions

Ingredients

• a piece of butter the size of an egg
• two tablespoonfuls of flour
• about one-half pint of thin cream or milk
• a seasoning of pepper
• a seasoning of salt

Method

1. 1

   Boil and drain the onions.

2. 2

   Melt the butter until it bubbles, then stir in the flour gradually until cooked.

3. 3

   Add the cream or milk and season with pepper and salt, stirring until smooth.

4. 4

   Pour over the onions and simmer for a few minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 53. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED ONIONS. Boil and drain the onions. Prepare a sauce as follows : Melt a piece of butter the size of an egg ; as soon as it bubbles stir in gradually two table- spoonfuls of flour ; keep stirring it until it is cooked ; then add about one-half pint of thin cream or milk and a seasoning of pepper

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