Sauce for a Turkey

Origin: Tidewater Virginia

Source: Mary Randolph, 1824

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cut the crumb of a loaf of bread into thin slices. Put the bread in cold water with a few peppercorns, a little salt, and onion. Boil until the bread is quite soft. Beat the mixture well. Stir in a quarter pound of butter and two spoonfuls of thick cream. Put the sauce in the dish with the turkey.

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