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Sect. 1.-General Remarks (Gravies Sauces and Stuffings)

274. Gravies, Sauces, and Stuffings, are savoury compounds, intended to give flavour and zest to the more insipid and solid joints, such as roast veal or poultry. The sauces here described differ from the permanent sauces given with vinegar pickles, in the Economical Housekeeper; inasmuch as though the former are, by good housekeepers, always kept in the house, yet it is only for a short time, and the great art consists in using them up before they become spoiled. Thus, the proper course in these matters is so to arrange the principal and side dishes for to-morrow, that they shall use up the sauces concocted today, or yesterday, or perhaps even the day before that.