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 and add cayenne pepper, salt, and the juice of a lemon. This is a nice sauce for steaks.

OILED BUTTER. Put some good butter into a cup or jar, and place it before the fire till it becomes an oil, then pour it off, so that all sediment may be avoided.

TO DRAW GOOD GRAVY. Cut some gravy beef into small pieces, put them in a jar, and set it in a saucepan of cold water to boil gently for seven or eight hours, adding, from time to time, more water as the original quantity boils away. The gravy thus made will be the essence of the meat, and in cases where nutriment is required in the smallest compass, will be of great service. Soups are stronger when the meat is cut, and gravy drawn before water is added.

TRUFFLE SAUCE. Peel and slice as many truffles as required, simmer them gently with a little butter, when they are tender, add to them good white or