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Thick Gravy with Fine Herbs

From The cook book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896).

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A historical recipe

The cook book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf, by Oscar Tschirky (1896).

United States

Known as an American 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 1 ingredient

  1. one large onion

Cook safely

  • 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. Take one large onion, chop it up small ami put it in a saucepan with a pat ot butter and stir over the fire until lightly colored;
  2. then put in two and a half break-

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From The cook book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896), printed page 502, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cookbookbyoscaro00tsch

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.