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Some Kitchen Kinks: Sauce

Cream Sauce. 1/2 pint milk. 1 tablespoonful butter. 1 teaspoonful flour. 1/2 teaspoonful salt. 1/4 teaspoonful pepper.

Heat the milk over boiling water; beat the butter and flour to a cream and stir into the hot milk. Cook five minutes, then add salt and pepper, and use. This sauce is suitable for boiled cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, etc. It is also a good sauce for escalloped dishes. This sauce may be modified by the addition of flavoring herbs.

Cream Mustard Sauce.

Make the cream sauce as directed above. Mix one tablespoonful of mustard with a teaspoonful of cold water and stir into the sauce about two minutes before serving. The quantity of mustard may be increased. or diminished, as one may desire the flavor strong or mild.