French Mode of Dressing Spinach

Ingredients

• 2 pailfuls of spinach
• 2 tablespoonful salt
• 2 oz butter
• 1 teaspoonful flour
• 8 tablespoonful good gravy, when liked
• a very little grated nutmeg

Instructions

1. Pick, wash, and boil the spinach, as in recipe No. 1155, and when quite tender, drain and squeeze it perfectly dry from the water that hangs about it.
2. Chop it very fine, put the butter into a stewpan, and lay the spinach over that;
3. stir it over a gentle fire, and dredge in the flour.
4. Add the gravy, and let it boil _quickly_ for a few minutes, that it may not discolour.
5. When the flavour of nutmeg is liked, grate some to the spinach, and when thoroughly hot, and the gravy has dried away a little, serve.
6. Garnish the dish with sippets of toasted bread.