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Bechamel Sauce

From Hints to housewives on how to buy, how to care for food, meats (1917).

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A historical recipe

Hints to housewives on how to buy, how to care for food, meats , by New York (N.Y.). Mayor's Committee on Food Supply (1917).

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

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. a cup of stock
  2. A slice of onion

Cook safely

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

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Make a white sauce according to directions given.
  2. Add a cup of stock or half stock and half milk.
  3. A slice of onion, carrot and turnip should be fried in the butter before the flour is added.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
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Credit

From Hints to housewives on how to buy, how to care for food, meats (1917), printed page 11, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/hintstohousewive00newyrich

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.