This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Put in a stewpan one middle-sized onion sliced, with a little carrot, a little thyme, bay leaf, one clove, a little mace, a little scraped horse-radish, a little butter, fry a few minutes, then add three teaspoonfuls of vinegar, ten tablespoonfuls of brown sauce, four of broth; when boiling, skim, add a tablespoonful of currant jelly; when melted, pass all through a sieve, and serve with any kind of meat or poultry; with hare or venison it is excellent.
 
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