Free as in Time

I’m mostly posting this so that I don’t lose track of the recipe for this very simple cheese sauce:

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup grated cheese

Melt butter in sauce pan. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Stir in milk gradually. I think at this point you bring it to a boil so that it thickens, although I really can’t remember. It needs to get nice and hot, anyway, if you’re going to melt the cheese in. So, we’ll say once it’s good and hot, stir in your cheese. You can sub some other ingredient, if you need another sort of sauce. I’ve used this for creamed salmon with great success, for example. Just stir in a can of salmon you’ve flaked up in a bowl. (Good on thick toast.)

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