1 cup water.

1/2 cup sugar.

1 rounded tablespoon starch.

1/2 a lemon - without the seeds.

1 ounce butter.

1 bastingspoon of rum.

Boil the water. Mix the starch with the sugar dry and stir them in. Slice the lemon into it and add the butter and let the sauce simmer at the side until it becomes quite transparent. Then add the rum. Pour a spoonful over each fritter as they are dished up.

Cost - 11 or 12 cents.