Housekeeping in Old Virginia

Seventeen hundred recipes from the housewives of Old Virginia — Sally Lunn and beaten biscuit, brandy peaches and Brunswick stew — gathered in 1879 by Patrick Henry's granddaughter, with tributes from the First Lady down.

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Mushroom Sauce (Roll a piece of butter)

Roll a piece of butter as large as an egg into one heaping easpoonful sifted flour; stir in two tablespoonfuls warm water; et it simmer. Pour in one teacup cream, and stir; throw in one pint young mushrooms, washed, picked, and skinned; add pepper, salt, another small piece of butter. Let it boil up once, shaking the pan well, and serve.--Mrs. S. T.

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