The Bride's Cook Book

A wedding present from the advertisers, San Francisco, c.1918 — a young wife's whole cookery course, paid for by the Blue Bird washer, the Portland Studio and Ghirardelli's chocolate.

Sauces

22 recipes in this part of The Bride's Cook Book.

White Sauce

2 Cups Milk 2 Tablespoons Cornstarch 2 Tablespoons Butter Salt and Pepper to Taste Rub the butter and cornstarch together and add the cold…

Caper Sauce

2 Tablespoons Butter 2 Tablespoons Barley Flour 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch 2 Cups Milk 1 Teaspoon Vinegar 3 Tablespoons Capers Salt and Pepper…

Parsley Sauce

Make a white sauce and add chopped parsley and a little lemon juice. Serve with fish.

Velvet Sauce

4 Tablespoons Butter 1/2 Tablespoons Flour (barley) 2 Tablespoons Cornstarch 1 Quart Chicken or Veal Stock 1/2 Cup Mushroom Liquor 6 Whole…

Roast Beef Sauce

Remove roast from pan, and pour off all the fat except one good tablespoonful. Add one tablespoon of cornstarch. Put over the fire and…

Creamed Chicken Gravy

Pour desired amount of milk into pan where chicken has been fried. Season with butter, salt and pepper, and thicken with cornstarch rubbed…

Lobster Sauce

1 Lobster 1/2 Tablespoon Cornstarch 1-5 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper 1 Pint Boiling Water Lemon Juice Directions: Cut the lobster into dice. Rub…

Tomato Sauce

1 Pint Tomatoes 1 Large Slice Onion 2 Tablespoons Butter 11/2 Tablespoons Cornstarch Salt and Pepper to Taste 29 9 Directions: Put the…

Poulette Sauce

Add a cup of cream and the yolks of two eggs beaten together until they are light, to cream sauce, and a little paprika.

Newburg Sauce

Make Poulette sauce. As soon as you have removed it from the fire, add a few tablespoons of white wine.

Horseradish Sauce

A good-sized stick of horseradish is required, which should be grated into a bowl and a teaspoonful of mustard, a little salt, one-quarter…

Chili Sauce

Two quarts of ripe tomatoes, four large onions, four chili peppers; chop fine, then add four cups vinegar, three tablespoonfuls brown…

Mushroom Sauce

Dissolve one-half teaspoonful of extract of beef in one-half pint of boiling water. Fry one minced onion and one chopped carrot in a little…

Tomato Sauce (II)

1 Can Tomatoes 2 Cups Water 4 Cloves 4 Pepper Corns 2 Teaspoons Mixed Herbs 4 Sprigs Parsley 2 Tablespoons Chopped Onion 2 Tablespoons Fat…

Cheese Sauce

1 Tablespoon Fat 1 Tablespoon Flour (Rice) or 1/2 Tablespoon Cornstarch 1 Cup Milk 1/4 Teaspoon Salt Few Grains Pepper 1/2 Cup Cheese Cut…

Giblet Sauce

Take the liver, heart, gizzard and neck of a chicken, wash and boil in salted water. Let boil till tender. Take them out with a skimmer and…

Tartar Sauce

Make one cup mayonnaise. Chop very fine one tablespoonful each of capers, olives, cucumber pickle and parsley. Press in a cloth till quite…

Olive Sauce

One cup brown sauce, twenty-four stoned olives, one tablespoon sherry. Simmer olives in hot water ten minutes.

Cranberry Sauce

Wash and pick one quart of cranberries and put them in a saucepan with water to cover, let them stew slowly, stirring often till they are…

Tomato Mustard

One peck of ripe tomatoes, boiled with two onions, six red peppers, four cloves of garlic, for one hour; then add a half pint or half pound…

Mint Sauce

Mix one tablespoon of white sugar to a half teacup of good vinegar; add the mint and let it infuse for half an hour in a cool place before…

Celery Sauce

Mix two tablespoons rice flour with half teacup butter substitute, have ready a pint of boiling milk; stir the flour and butter substitute…

Rights & ReuseThe complete text of The Bride's Cook Book (1917) is in the public domain in the United States — like all works published before 1928 — and is free to read, download, quote, teach from, and reuse. This digital edition (its transcription, restored images, and site design) is © 2026 PhotoOpAI, and any editorial commentary we add is clearly marked as ours; the underlying public-domain text carries no such restriction.