The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

479. INGREDIENTS.--1 pint of mushroom-buttons, salt to taste, a little

grated nutmeg, 1 blade of pounded mace, 1 pint of cream, 2 oz. of butter, flour to thicken. _Mode_.--Rub the buttons with a piece of flannel and salt, to take off the skin; cut off the stalks, and put them in a stewpan with the above ingredients, previously kneading together the butter and flour; boil the whole for about ten minutes, stirring all the time. Pour some of the sauce over the fowls, and the remainder serve in a tureen. _Time_.--10 minutes. _Average cost_, 2s. _Sufficient_ to serve with a pair of fowls. _Seasonable_ from August to October. HOW TO MIX MUSTARD.