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Lemon Sauce

From Metropolitan Cook Book By Metropolitan Life Ins.

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A historical recipe

Metropolitan Cook Book By Metropolitan Life Ins.

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. 14 cup butter
  2. 14 teaspoon salt Combine cornstarch

Method

  1. 2 tablespoons cornstarch lcup sugar 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel 2 cups water 14 cup lemon juice 14 cup butter or margarine 14 teaspoon salt Combine cornstarch, sugar, and lemon peel in 1-quart saucepan.
  2. Add water slowly.
  3. Stir over medium heat until thickened.
  4. Remove from heat;
  5. add remaining ingredients.
  6. Makes about 3 cups.
  7. Good with plain cake (cottage pudding), fruit cobblers, etc.
  8. *This sounds like too much, but is correct !

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Grater
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From Metropolitan Cook Book By Metropolitan Life Ins, printed page 50, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/1964-02-recipe-metropolitan-cook-book-by-metropolitan-life-ins

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.