Eliza Acton Quote

The difference between good and bad cookery can scarcely be more strikingly shown than in the manner in which sauces are prepared and served. If well made....they prove that both skill and taste have been exerted in its arrangements. When coarsely or carelessly prepared....they greatly discredit the cook.

Modern cookery... Fourteenth edition, to which are added directions for carving (ed. 1854)