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From The complete cook (1908).

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A historical recipe

The complete cook, by Lilian Whitling and University of Leeds. Library (1908).

United Kingdom

Known as a British 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 3 ingredients

  1. Two teaspoonfuls of butter
  2. One teaspoonful of chopped onion
  3. One tablespoonful of vinegar

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.
  • 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.
  • 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. Two teaspoonfuls of butter.
  2. One teaspoonful of chopped onion.
  3. Two tabiespoonfuls of sherry, or One tablespoonful of vinegar.
  4. Method.
  5. — Fry the onion a good brown in the butter.
  6. Mix in the mustard and sugar, add the wine or vinegar, and boil it for a minute.
  7. Stir in the Espagnole sauce, boil all for five minutes, skim, and season it.
  8. Strain it and use.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Wooden spoon
  • Slotted spoon
  • Sieve
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Credit

From The complete cook (1908), printed page 300, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b21538244

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.