Milk Toast
Milk, 6 cups.
Flour, 1 heaped teaspoonful.
Butter, 1 tablespoonful.
Toasted bread or zwieback.
Heat milk and butter in a saucepan over the fire; when boiling, add salt and flour, moistened with a little milk. Let it boil, remove from the fire, and dip into this slices of toasted bread or zwieback. Pour what remains over the toast, cover, and send to the table hot.