If most of the work is done in the morning while attending to the kitchen duties, the stock-making will take little of your time. Delicious gravies may be made by using stock instead of water.
CLEAR SOUP
Use two tablespoons of fat and fry one onion until brown. Add two tablespoons of flour and brown well and then pour in one pint of stock and cook for five minutes, and then add seasoning, salt and pepper to taste. Strain into a soup tureen and sprinkle with one tablespoon of finely chopped parsley. Serve with bread cut in finger lengths and toasted.
CELERY PUREE
Use one pint of diced celery and cook in one cup of cold water until tender and then put through a sieve and add one cup of stock,
One cup of milk,
Two tablespoons of flour mixed with a little milk,
Seasoning,
Salt and pepper,