Fry one tablespoon chopped onion in one tablespoon fat. Add one tablespoon of flour, one cup of soup stock, one teaspoon lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Strain before serving.
The following sauces can be made by using brown sauce as a foundation:
*Mushroom Sauce.*—Add one-half cup mushrooms.
*Olive Sauce.*—Add a dozen olives, chopped fine.
*Wine Sauce.*—Add one-half cup wine and one tablespoon currant jelly.
Thicken with flour.
CRANBERRY SAUCE
To one pint of cranberries take one and one-quarter cups of water.
Put the cranberries on with the water and cook until soft; strain through a cloth; weigh and add three-fourths of a pound of sugar to every pint of juice. Cook ten minutes; pour into molds and set aside to cool. Serve with poultry, game or mutton.
STEWED CRANBERRIES
Boil together one and one-half cups of sugar and one cup of water for seven minutes, then add three cups of cranberries, well washed and picked, and cook until the berries burst. Serve the same as cranberry sauce.