Brown Gravy (Modern Domestic Cookery)

Brown gravy.

Ingredients

 * Butter (a piece about the size of a hen's egg)
 * Flour
 * half a pint Water
 * half a pint Beer
 * 1 onion
 * Lemon peel
 * 3 cloves
 * 1 blade of mace
 * Peppercorns
 * 1 spoonful Mushroom pickle
 * 1 spoonful Catsup
 * 1 Anchovy

Preparation

 * 1) 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 brown.
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) Let the whole boil together a quarter of an hour, then strain it, and it will be good for sauce for various dishes.