Melt 1 oz butter
& add a dessert scoop of Flour,
with salt and Wh. pepper,
stir on fire 2 min,
then add a little more than a tumblerful of boiling water
stir well a few min. but do not let boil.
When serving, stir into the sauce, off the fire,
the yolk of an egg beaten up with the
juice of ¼ lemon & strained
Take two parts butter &
one flour,
mix thoroughly in a pan over the fire &
enough veal stock to get a proper consistency
& a few button mushrooms cut in two –
let boil 10 min:
stir in off the fire,
yolks 2 eggs, beaten up with the juice of ½ lemon.
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