Conference turris::cooks

1524.0. "GRAVY: Turkey Gravy" by DROO::WEYMOUTH (AI SELECT Business Development Mgr) Mon Nov 21 1988 11:56

    
                              Sauce for a Turkie
    
    Source: Gervase Markham, "Countrey Contentments or The English Huswife"
    	1623.
    
    2 	large onions, peeles & sliced
    1	cup water
    1/4	tsp ground pepper
    1/2	tsp salt
    4	Tbl turkey drippings
    1	cup plain or herb seasoned stuffing
    2	Tbl malt vinegar
    4 	tsp light brown sugar
    
    Take faire water and set it over the fire, then slice goo store
    of Onions and put into it, and also Pepper ans Salt, and good store
    of the gravy that comes from the Turkie, and boyle them very well
    together: then put to it a few fine crummes of grated bread to thicken
    it; a very little Sugar and some Vinegasr, and so serve it up with
    the Turkie...