Cook vegetables three minutes in one and one-half tablespoons butter, then add stock and mace; boil fifteen minutes, strain, and add milk. Thicken with remaining butter and flour cooked together; add salt and pepper. Stir in cheese, and serve as soon as cheese is melted.

Potage à la Reine

4 cups White Stock III

½ teaspoon peppercorns

1 stalk celery

1 slice onion

½ tablespoon salt

Yolks 3 “hard-boiled” eggs

⅓ cup cracker crumbs

Breast meat from a boiled chicken