1/2 cup cheese (cream or American) added to
  1-1/2 cups white sauce

Excellent to serve with macaroni, hominy or vegetables.

WHITE SAUCE WITH SHRIMPS

  1/2 cup shrimps
  1/4 teaspoon salt
  1 cup white sauce

Serve on toast, or with starchy vegetables.

WHITE SAUCE WITH HORSERADISH AND PIMENTO

  1/4 cup horseradish
  1 tablespoon chopped pimento
  1 cup white sauce

SERVE WITH BOILED BEEF, HOT OR COLD, OR WITH COLD ROAST BEEF.

WHITE SAUCE WITH EGG

1 cup white sauce 2 sliced hard-cooked eggs 1/8 teaspoon cayenne 1/8 teaspoon salt

Excellent for spinach and vegetables, or fish.

BROWN SAUCE

1/4 cup fat 1/3 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne 1-1/2 cups brown stock, or 1-1/2 cups water and 2 bouillon cubes 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Melt fat until brown.  Add flour.  Heat until brown.  Add liquid gradually, letting come to boiling point each time before adding more liquid.  When all is added, 1 teaspoon kitchen bouquet may be added if darker color is desired.

BROWN SAUCE WITH OLIVES

  1 cup brown sauce
  3 tablespoons chopped olives

Make brown sauce as given in foregoing recipe, then while it is hot stir in the chopped olives, and serve.

BROWN SAUCE WITH PEANUTS

  1 cup brown sauce
  1/4 cup chopped peanuts
  1/8 teaspoon salt

A good sauce to serve with rice, macaroni, hominy or other starchy foods.  It supplies almost a meat flavor to these rather insipid foods.

MUSHROOM SAUCE

  1 cup brown sauce
  1/2 cup chopped mushrooms

Add mushrooms to fat and flour before adding liquid.  If fresh mushrooms are used, cook for two or three minutes after adding liquid.

VEGETABLE SAUCES

  1/4 cup fat
  1/4 cup flour
  1 teaspoon salt
  1/8 teaspoon cayenne
  2 cups vegetable stock,
          or
  1 cup vegetable stock
  1 cup milk.

Vegetable stock is the water in which any vegetable is cooked.  Make as white sauce.

DRAWN BUTTER SAUCE

1/3 cup butter substitute 1/4 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon cayenne 1 cup boiling water 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Make as white sauce, reserving 2 tablespoons of the fat to add just before serving.

TOMATO SAUCE