Mix two or three tea spoonsful of flour with a little cold water--stir
it till free from lumps, thin it, and stir it into half a pint of
boiling water--let it boil two or three minutes, then cut up about a
quarter of a pound of butter into small pieces, and put it with the
flour and water--set it where it will melt gradually. If carefully
mixed, it will be free from lumps--if not, strain it before it is put on
the table. If the butter is to be eaten on fish, cut up several soft
boiled eggs into it. A little curry powder sprinkled into it, will
convert it into curry sauce.