Brown Gravy (Modern Domestic Cookery)

Brown gravy.

Ingredients

 * Butter
 * Flour
 * Water
 * Beer
 * Lemon peel
 * Cloves
 * Mace
 * Pepper
 * Mushroom pickle
 * Catsup
 * Anchovy

Preparation
Put a piece of butter, about the size of a hen's egg, into a saucepan, and when it is melted shake in a little flour, and let it be brown. Then by degrees stir in the following ingredients : half a pint of water, and the same quantity of ale or small beer that is not bitter ; an onion and a piece of lemon-peel cut small, three cloves, a blade of mace, some whole pepper, a spoonful of mushroom pickle, the same quantity of catsup and an anchovy. Let the whole boil together a quarter of an hour, then strain it, and it will be good for sauce for. various dishes.