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Tomato Sauce

1/2 lb. tomatoes or I can of I turnip tomatoes I onion A bunch sweet herbs 1/2 pint (I cup) stock or water 1/2 teaspoonful salt I turnip 2 ozs. (2 heaping tablespoonfuls) butter I oz. (I heaping tablespoonful) flour 4 whole peppers Bunch of parsley A few drops of red coloring Blade of mace I carrot I bay leaf Put the butter into a casserole with the carrot, turnip, onion, and tomatoes cut up into pieces, add the herbs, parsley, bay leaf, whole peppers, and mace, and fry for ten minutes, then add the flour, the stock or water, salt, and red coloring, stir till boiling, then simmer slowly for forty minutes, rub through a sieve, reheat, and serve.