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A historical recipe from A thousand ways to please a husband with Bettina's best recipes, by Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron (1917).

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A historical recipe

A thousand ways to please a husband with Bettina's best recipes, by Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron (1917). Project Gutenberg eBook #42868.

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

Method

  1. Remove the meat from the kettle.
  2. Strain the stock into a bowl.
  3. To the flour, add the water.
  4. Mix well, and gradually add the stock.
  5. Mix and cook one minute.
  6. Pour the gravy over the meat and reserve the remaining stock and vegetables for soup.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mixing bowl
  • Sieve
  • Kettle
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From A thousand ways to please a husband with Bettina's best recipes, by Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron (1917). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #42868 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42868). 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.