This section is from the book "The Laurel Health Cookery", by Evora Bucknum Perkins. Also available from Amazon: The Laurel Health Cookery.
Cook chopped stems and imperfect mushrooms in salted water for 10 m. Add water. Thicken a little more than for an ordinary sauce. Add a little heavy cream, heat.
Mushrooms may be cooked for 20 m. in milk and butter in a double boiler or on back of range.
Use asparagus liquor for part of the liquid in the preceding recipe and add a few cooked asparagus tips.
2 tablespns. oil or butter 2 tablespns. onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed 1 1/2 - 2 tablespns. flour
2 teaspns. browned flour 1/4 cup tomato a trifle of thyme a very little sage
1/2 cup sliced, canned mushrooms
1 pt. liquid-water and mushroom liquor salt
Proceed as in other similar recipes.
3 level tablespns. butter
2 level tablespns. flour
2 level teaspns. browned flour
1/2 cup strong dried mushroom 1 1/2 cup milk [liquor salt
May add a few chopped dried mushrooms cooked 5 m. after soaking 4-5 hours. A little lemon juice may be added if liked.
 
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