Wine Sauce
Substitute for the clear syrup and many other flavored sauces. Takes only half the amount of sugar. 1 pound of sugar. 2 ounces of corn starch. 1 quart of water--scant. 1 lemon. 1 ounce of butter. A blade of mace and few cloves. 1/2 pint of wine. Boil the water with the lemon sliced small in it--the seeds having been carefully excluded. Mix the starch in the sugar dry; then stir them quickly into the boiling lemon water and let boil 5 minutes. Then beat in the butter and add the wine. Strain for use.