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Savory Butter Sauce

A historical recipe from Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927).

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A historical recipe

Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Project Gutenberg eBook #77698.

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. 1 tsp dry mustard
  2. 1 tbp lemon

Method

  1. ½ c butter, 1 tsp dry mustard, 1 tbp lemon juice or vinegar, ½ tsp salt.
  2. Cream butter and add mustard and lemon juice, beating mixture until it is well blended.
  3. This may be used for spreading sandwiches or for use on fish or vegetables.
  4. A few drops of onion juice may be added if desired.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Blender
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77698 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77698). 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.