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Gravies should always be sent up in a covered boat: they keep hot longer; and it leaves it to the choice of the company to partake of them or not,

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

NUXO.—A delicious savoury preparation of Nuts for Gravies and Sauces, and also makes rich and nourishing Soups. 3d. and 1/- tins.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

Gravies are rich and greasy, everything is highly seasoned, very much like the life we lead.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Gravies or soups put by, should be daily changed into fresh scalded pans.

From A Poetical Cook-Book by Moss, Maria J.