This section is from the book "One Hundred Meatless Dishes", by Alice G. Schirmer. Also available from Amazon: One Hundred Meatless Dishes.
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. flour
Few grains pepper
1 cup milk
1/4 tsp. salt
Melt butter in saucepan, add flour and seasonings, and stir until thoroughly blended, Pour on milk gradually, stirring until thick and smooth.
Make same as above, adding Vegex, until sauce is dark brown.
After a nut roast, or any other roast is done, remove it from the pan, place pan on top of stove, add required amount of hot water, and thickening made of flour and water. Stir till smooth and thick, and add Vegex until dark brown.
2 tbsp. butter
1 slice onion
2 tbsp. flour
salt and pepper
1 cup hot water
1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/3 cup dried mushrooms
Vegex
Soak mushrooms two hours or more. Melt butter in saucepan, add onion and mushrooms, and water, and cook several minutes. Remove onion, cut mushrooms in small pieces, add flour dissolved in cold water, stirring until thick, then add lemon juice. Cook while stirring till thick and smooth. Add Vegex until dark brown.
1/2 can tomatoes
1 slice onion
1 bay leaf
6 peppercorns
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
Cook tomatoes, onions, bay leaf and peppercorns together 15 minutes. Rub butter and flour together, add salt and pepper. Add a little tomato and mix, then put all together and cook until thick. Then strain into bowl.
5 tbsp. oil
4 tbsp. vinegar
1 dozen stuffed olives
1 hard boiled egg chopped fine
salt and paprika to taste
Mayonnaise dressing may be used instead of oil and vinegar.
1 cup water
1 cup milk
1 slice onion
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. flour
2 tsp. curry powder
1 tsp. Vegex
Melt butter in saucepan, cook onion until brown. Remove onion, add flour and curry powder, stir till smooth, add milk gradually. When smooth add cup of hot water and Vegex dissolved in it. Sauce should be consistency of rich cream.
 
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