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Arrowroot Sauce

A historical recipe from A friend in the kitchen, by Colcord, Anna L. (Anna Letitia) (1899).

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A historical recipe

A friend in the kitchen: or, What to cook and how to cook it, by Colcord, Anna L. (Anna Letitia) (1899). Project Gutenberg eBook #61451.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. one cup of water
  2. one teaspoonful of sugar

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Heat one cup of water to boiling;
  2. then add one teaspoonful of sugar, and one small tablespoonful of arrowroot mixed smooth in a little cold water, stirring briskly.
  3. In a few minutes remove from the fire, and flavor with lemon or almond.
  4. Nice for puddings.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From A friend in the kitchen, by Colcord, Anna L. (Anna Letitia) (1899). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #61451 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61451). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.