This section is from the book "Dainty Dishes Receipts", by Harriett St. Clair. Also available from Amazon: Dainty Dishes.
Mix a quarter of a pint of sorrel-juice with a glass of broth or gravy; scald some green gooseberries, rub them through a sieve; add a little sugar and a small piece of butter. Set it on the fire and make it very hot. This is also very good for green goose.
Pare, core, and slice as many apples as you require for your sauce; put them into a pipkin with two or three spoonfuls of water, and set them on a hot hearth, till they fall to pieces. Or they may be done au bain maree - i.e., set the pipkin in a vessel of boiling water to boil till they are done; then mash them well, and add a little brown sugar.
Boil a good-sized onion cut in four, and some black peppercorns, in milk, till the onion is quite a pap, then strain the milk on to grated white stale bread-crumbs; cover it close, and let it stand for an hour; put it into a saucepan with a piece of butter rolled in flour; beat it well together over the fire, and serve.
Boil the crumb of a French roll and a whole onion in half a pint of cream; add one ounce of butter and twelve peppercorns. When done take out the onion, beat up your sauce, and season with salt and pepper.
Take a bit of butter about the size of half an egg, two or three onions according to their size; cut in slices also carrots and parsnips; shred two cloves, a bay-leaf, a sprig of thyme and sweet basil, and a little flour. Put all together in a saucepan, and set it on the fire to brown; then put in a glass of red wine, a glass of water, and a spoonful of vinegar. Let it boil half an hour, strain through a sieve, and add a little salt and whole pepper. This is good for all game.
A glass of white wine, half a lemon cut in slices, a piece of crumb of bread chopped small, two teaspoon-fuls of salad oil, a bunch of parsley, two or three small onions, two cloves, a few leaves of tarragon, a clove of garlic, a little salt and pepper, and a glass of good broth. Put all in a stew-pan, set it on a gentle fire to boil for a quarter of an hour; remove the grease, strain through a sieve, and serve. This is good for either poultry or game.
Take a handful of chopped bread-crumb, a piece of butter the size of half-a-crown, a tablespoonful of the best olive-oil, a shallot minced fine, some salt, whole pepper, and as much vinegar as will cover all. Put it into a stew-pan, and stir with a spoon over the fire till it boils. Good with all sorts of meat.
Take a teacupful of spinach-juice, add the juice of one lemon, two yolks of eggs beat up, and a teaspoonful of sugar. Just heat, and serve.
Boil some veal gravy with pepper and salt, and the juice of a Seville orange and a lemon.
Peel the onions and boil them tender; squeeze the water from them; chop, and add to them butter that has been melted rich and smooth with milk instead of water. Boil it up once. For boiled rabbits, shoulder of mutton, etc.
 
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