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from a sliced onion fried golden brown in 

 butter. Add a tablespoonful of flour, brown, 

 salt and pepper to taste, pour in boiling 

 water until you have a sufficient quantity, 

 stirring all the time. 



Place the duck on a hot dish, strain the 

 gravy over it. Serve with apple sauce, 

 mashed potatoes, mashed turnips. 



FURMITY 



If you are near a farm where wheat is 

 being thrashed, try an old English dish 

 called "furmity," which is a delicious con- 

 coction farmers in Lincolnshire make for 

 the harvest feasts, and is composed of new 

 wheat principally. The receipt for the lux- 

 ury is as follows : 



Ten quarts of new wheat put in twenty 

 quarts of water and stewed until quite soft, 

 but whole. Add more boiling water as it 

 cooks, if necessary. It should be like stiff 

 oatmeal porridge when taken from the stove. 



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