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Spinach with Cream

Procure three quarts fresh spinach. Discard all stale leaves or stalks, if any adhering; then wash n three different fresh waters, take them up and drop into a pan with one gallon boiling water with a tablespoon salt and let boil for five minutes. Drain well on a sieve and completely squeeze the water out, then hash up very finely. Have one ounce melted butter in a saucepan with two tablespoons flour; stir well with a wooden spoon while heating for one minute; then pour in three-quarters of a gill cold cream and same quantity cold milk. Season with a teaspoon salt, one saltspoon cayenne pepper and a saltspoon grated nutmeg and briskly whisk for one minute. Add the spinach, mix well with a spoon, cook for five minutes and serve in a vegetable dish.,