Practical vegetarian cookery

of chopped onion, fry until delicate brown; then add one tablespoonful of flour; gradually pour in one cupful of clear soup stock and one half cupful of strained juice of tomato. Season to taste, and cook until it thickens. Nut or dairy butter may be used. TOMATO SAUCE, NO. 2. Put one half can of tomatoes, one cupful of water, two cloves, two allspice berries, two pepper corns, two sprigs of parsley, one teaspoonful of mixed herbs, over to boil in granite saucepan; fry one tablespoonful of chopped onion in one tablespoonful of butter till a delicate brown; then add tomato mixture and one heaping tablespoonful of corn starch that has been dissolved in cold water. Simmer ten minutes, add one half teaspoonful of salt, and one half saltspoonful of pepper, add a dash of cayenne, if liked. Strain. WHITE SAUCE. To one pint of milk add one heaping tablespoonful of flour blended with one tablespoonful of melted butter; boil until it thickens, salt to taste, add one half cupful of cream. If too thick, thin with hot milk. CHEESE SAUCE. Flavor white sauce by adding grated cheese, and stir until the cheese is quite melted. DUTCH SAUCE. To four ounces of butter add the well beaten yolks of three eggs, a teaspoonful of flour, a dessertspoonful of lemon juice and salt to taste; put in double boiler and stir gently until it thickens; do not let it boil or it will curdle. This sauce is very nice with asparagus or cauliflower. DRAWN BUTTER. One half cupful of butter, rubbed well with two tablespoonfuls of flour; put into saucepan with about one pint of boiling water, stir constantly until well melted. Add one tablespoonful of chopped parsley. BUTTER SAUCE. Season a cupful of flour with pepper, nutmeg, and cloves. Mix it with water into a thin paste, and work in a piece of butter about the size of an egg. Put the paste into a pan over the fire, and boil it for a quarter of an hour, then take it off, and add some fresh butter in small portions