White Sauce for Vegetables

Ingredients

• 1 oz. flour
• £ pint cream
• £ pint milk
• Salt
• pepper
• a few drops lemon juice
• 2 oz. butter

Method

1. 1

   Melt the butter, and stir in the flour, salt, and pepper until smooth, then add the milk and cream, boil for five minutes, pass through a fine sieve, and use.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Choice cookery (1888) by H. M. Young, page 45. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WHITE SAUCE FOR VEGETABLES. 1 oz. flour ^ pint cream £ pint milk Salt, pepper, and a few drops 2 oz. butter lemon juice Melt the butter, and stir in the flour, salt, and pepper until smooth, then add the milk and cream, boil five minutes, pass through a fine sieve, and use. No 203. WHITE SAUCE (Sweet). Prepare as above, except that sugar and flavouring must be added instead of salt and pepper. No. 204. FRIED PARSLEY Wash, pick, and dry some parsley thoroughly, put into a ^frying basket, and immerse in hot fat for about 15 * Frying Baskets, 8 inch, 2s., by post 2s. 3d. ; may be had from H. M. Young, 27, Arpley Street, Warrington 120 seconds, or until crisp. The parsley should look quite green ; if black, it has been too long in the fat. Drain on soft paper, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and serve. No. 205. POTATO BORDER. 1 to lb. mashed potatoes I 1 oz. butter 1 egg j Pepper and salt Season the potatoes, and add the butter ("melted), also half of the eggs, mix well, and form into an oval, or round border, paint over with the remainder of the egg, put on to a greased baking sheet, and bake until brown, then use. No. 206. RICE FOR CURRY. Wash halfia-pound of Patna rice, and throw it into plenty of boiling water containing one teaspoonful of salt to each quart ; allow this to boil quickly 15 minutes, or until the grains will break between the fingers ; pour on to a wire sieve, then pour over plenty of boiling water to wash away the starchy portion, put this in a warm oven or in front of the fire to dry, occasionally tossing it with a fork to keep the grains separate. No. 207. RICE BORDER (Savoury). £ lb. rice I 1 pint of good white stock A few drops lemon juice

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