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Okras Au Gratin

Clip off both ends from thirty-six very fresh, sound medium okras, plunge them in a quart boiling water with a teaspoon salt, boil for thirty minutes and drain on sieve. Mix in saucepan one and a half tablespoons melted butter and two and a half tablespoons flour, pour in a gill milk and a half gill cream, mix on fire until it comes to a boil, then add okras. Season with a level teaspoon salt, saltspoon cayenne, lightly mix, then transfer to a baking dish. Sprinkle a tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese over, place a few little bits of butter on top, set in moderate oven for twenty minutes, remove and serve in same dish.