Caramel Sauce

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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.
Hot sugar. Hot sugar sticks to skin and burns far hotter than boiling water: don't touch or taste it. Keep a bowl of cold water close, and keep children away while it cooks.

Place over the fire a saucepan;
when it begins to be hot, put into it four tablespoonfuls of white sugar and one tablespoonful of water.
Stir it continually for three or four minutes, until all the water evaporates;
then watch it carefully until it becomes a delicate brown color.
Have ready a pint of cold water and cup of sugar mixed with some flavoring;
turn it into the saucepan with the browned sugar and let it simmer for ten minutes;
then add half a glass of brandy or a glass of wine.
The wine or brandy may be omitted if preferred.