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Fresh Asparagus Tips in Cream

Cut all tender parts of a large bunch of fresh green asparagus in one-inch-long pieces. Plunge in a quart boiling water with a teaspoon salt, a teaspoon sugar, boil twenty minutes and drain on a sieve. Mix in a saucepan a half ounce butter with one ounce flour, heat for a half minute, then pour in one gill hot milk, one gill cream, half teaspoon salt, half teaspoon sugar, one saltspoon grated nutmeg; mix well with a wooden spoon until it comes to a boil, then add the tips with half ounce good butter; mix well, let boil for five minutes, pour in a vegetable dish and serve.