The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

355. THE PREPARATION AND APPEARANCE OF SAUCES AND GRAVIES are of the

highest consequence, and in nothing does the talent and taste of the cook more display itself. Their special adaptability to the various viands they are to accompany cannot be too much studied, in order that they may harmonize and blend with them as perfectly, so to speak, as does a pianoforte accompaniment with the voice of the singer.