Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks: Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food

of boiling water, pouring gently, and stirring the while, take off when it begins to turn thick; add a yolk of egg beaten with a teaspoonful of cold water, mix it well with the rest, and it is ready for use; after having mixed, also salt and white pepper to taste. _Oyster._--Add to a white sauce some oysters blanched; then stir and mix with the whole the juice of half a lemon. _Muscle._--Boil the muscles about one minute and make as oyster-sauce. SAUCES FOR PUDDINGS. _Milk._--Put in a block-tin saucepan four tablespoonfuls of sugar, one of flour, four yolks of eggs, one pint of milk; essence to flavor, and mix the whole well; set on a good but not sharp fire, stir continually till it begins to become rather thick; take off, turn over the pudding, and serve. _Madeira._--Set a saucepan on the fire with one ounce of butter in it; as soon as melted, add half a tablespoonful of flour, stir till it turns rather yellow, and add also one pint of water, four ounces of sugar, and a few drops of burnt sugar; boil gently, about twenty-five minutes; add nearly a gill of Madeira wine, boil again ten minutes, and serve in a boat. _Rum._--Proceed as for Madeira-sauce, except you use half a gill of rum instead of Madeira. _Brandy._--Proceed as for rum-sauce, using the same proportion of brandy. FARCES AND GARNITURES, CALLED ALSO GARNISH AND GARNISHING, USED TO DECORATE OR ORNAMENT DISHES. _With Bread._--Put in a tureen about a pound of the soft part of bread, and cover with broth; when it has absorbed the broth, place it in a stewpan, set it on a slow fire, and leave till it becomes a thick paste; stir now and then, then mix well with it three yolks of eggs, and it is ready for use. _With Cabbage._--Throw into boiling water a little salt and a middling-sized cabbage; boil it half an hour, take it from the kettle with a skimmer, throw it in cold water, and drain it, pressing it a little in the drainer to force the